HyperDic: lens_of_the_eye

English > 1 sense of the expression lens of the eye:
NOUNbodylens of the eye, lens, crystalline lensbiconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye
English > lens of the eye: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningbiconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina.
Synonymslens, crystalline lens
Part ofeye, oculus, opticThe organ of sight
Partslens capsuleA tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye
lens cortex, cortexThe tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus
BroaderorganA fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
Spanishcristalino, lente
Catalancristal·lí

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