vitreous

(vĭt'rē-əs)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass; glassy.
2. Obtained or made from glass.
3. Of or relating to the vitreous humor.

n.
The vitreous humor.

[From Latin vitreus, from vitrum, glass.]

vitreosity vit're·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) or vit're·ous·ness (-əs-nĭs) n.

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Descriptive of that degree of vitrification evidenced by low water absorption; generally signifies less than 0.3% absorption (except for floor and wall tile and low-voltage electrical porcelain, for which it signifies less than 3.0% absorption).

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1. glasslike or hyaline.
2. the vitreous body.

• v. body — see vitreous body.
• v. flare — an opacity of the vitreous which occurs with uveitis.
• v. floater — a small opacity in the vitreous which may stimulate the retina and cause abnormal behavior patterns such as ‘fly-biting’.
• v. humor — 1. vitreous body.
— 2. the watery substance contained within the interstices of the stroma in the vitreous body.
• peripapillary v. — that adjacent to the optic disk.
• persistent hyperplastic v. — a congenital anomaly, usually unilateral, due to persistence of embryonic remnants of the fibromuscular tunic of the eye and part of the hyaloid vascular system. Clinically, there is a white pupil, elongated ciliary processes, and often microphthalmia; the lens, although clear initially, may become completely opaque.
• v. membrane — 1. Descemet's membrane.
— 2. hyaline membrane (1). — 3. Bruch's membrane. — 4. a delicate boundary layer investing the vitreous body.
• primary v. — the first stage in development of the vitreous; it persists in the adult as Cloquet's canal.
• v. removal — vitrectomy.
• secondary v. — the secondary stage in development of the vitreous; an avascular mass secreted by the retinal ectoderm.
• tertiary v. — the third and final stage of development of the vitreous; it is secreted by the ciliary epithelium and persists in the adult as the suspensory ligament of the lens.
• v. veils — curtain-like opacities seen in a normal vitreous.

For a list of words related to vitreous, see:

• Ceramics and Glassmaking - vitreous: (adj) resembling glass in transparency, brittleness, hardness, or glossiness

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - glasagtig, glas-, vitrøs
n. - glaslegemet

Nederlands (Dutch)
vitreus humor (glasachtig lichaam van het oog), glasachtig, glazig, van glas, betreffende de vitreus humor

Français (French)
adj. - (Tech) vitrifié, vitreux, (Anat) vitré
n. - (Anat) humeur vitrée

Deutsch (German)
adj. - glasartig, Glas..., gläsern
n. - (Anat.) Glaskörper

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γυάλινος, γυαλένιος

Italiano (Italian)
vitreo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - vítreo

Русский (Russian)
стеклянный, остекленевший

Español (Spanish)
adj. - vítreo, vidriado, de color verde botella, vidrioso
n. - vítreo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glasartad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
玻璃的, 玻璃质的, 玻璃似的, 眼睛的玻璃体

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 玻璃的, 玻璃質的, 玻璃似的
n. - 眼睛的玻璃體

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유리 모양의, 유리를 함유한, 투명한
n. - 유리 같은 것, 투명한 것

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ガラスの, ガラス製の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) زجاجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זגוגי, זכוכיתי‬
n. - ‮רקמה שקופה דמויית מקפא הממלאת את העין‬

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