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Found 3 hits - Term: vitreous humor, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
humor \hu"mor\, n. oe. humour, of. humor, umor, f. humeur, l.
   humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist.
   see humid. written also humour.
   1. moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal
      bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the
      eye, etc.
      1913 webster

   note: the ancient physicians believed that there were four
         humors the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and
         black bile or melancholy, on the relative proportion
         of which the temperament and health depended.
         1913 webster

   2. med. a vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often
      causes an eruption on the skin. "a body full of humors."
      --sir w. temple.
      1913 webster

   3. state of mind, whether habitual or temporary as formerly
      supposed to depend on the character or combination of the
      fluids of the body; disposition; temper; mood; as, good
      humor; ill humor.
      1913 webster

            examine how your humor is inclined,
            and which the ruling passion of your mind.
                                                  --roscommon.
      1913 webster

            a prince of a pleasant humor.         --bacon.
      1913 webster

            i like not the humor of lying.        --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. pl. changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices;
      freaks; vagaries; whims.
      1913 webster

            is my friend all perfection, all virtue and
            discretion? has he not humors to be endured?
                                                  --south.
      1913 webster

   5. that quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an
      incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite
      laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations;
      a playful fancy; facetiousness.
      1913 webster

            for thy sake i admit
            that a scot may have humor, i'd almost said wit.
                                                  --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

            a great deal of excellent humor was expended on the
            perplexities of mine host.            --w. irving.
      1913 webster

   aqueous humor, crystalline humor or crystalline lens,
   vitreous humor. anat. see eye.

   out of humor, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant
      frame of mind.

   syn: wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood;
        frame; whim; fancy; caprice. see wit.
        1913 webster
see also:
humid humour aqueous humor crystalline humor crystalline lens vitreous humor 
eye out of humor wit 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vitreous \vit"reous\, a. l. vitreous, from vitrum glass;
   perhaps akin to videre to see see vision. cf. varnish.
   1. consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous
      rocks.
      1913 webster

   2. of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as,
      vitreous electricity.
      1913 webster

   vitreous body anat., the vitreous humor. see the note
      under eye.

   vitreous electricity elec., the kind of electricity
      excited by rubbing glass with certain substances, as silk;
      positive electricity; -- opposed to resinous, or negative,
      electricity.

   vitreous humor. anat. see the note under eye.

   vitreous sponge zool., any one of numerous species of
      siliceous sponges having, often fibrous, glassy spicules
      which are normally six-rayed; a hexactinellid sponge. see
      venus's basket, under venus.
      1913 webster
see also:
vision varnish vitreous body eye vitreous electricity vitreous humor 
vitreous sponge venus's basket venus 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
vitreous humor
     n : the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the
         posterior chamber of the eyeball syn: vitreous humour,
          vitreous body
see also:
vitreous humour vitreous body 

Results 1 - 5 of 5 found about vitreous humor:

Vitreous Humor >> V Words
Vitreous Humor, definition of term: Vitreous Humor
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Vitreous >> V Words
Vitreous, definition of term: Vitreous
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Humor >> H Words
Humor, definition of term: Humor
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Hacker Humor >> H Words
Hacker Humor, definition of term: Hacker Humor
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Sense Of Humor >> S Words
Sense Of Humor, definition of term: Sense Of Humor
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