Vitreous
adjective
1.
of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.:
vitreous china.
2.
of or relating to glass.
3.
obtained from or containing glass.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or resembling glass
2.
made of, derived from, or containing glass
3.
of or relating to the vitreous humour or vitreous body
vitreous vit·re·ous (vĭt’rē-əs)
adj.
Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass; glassy.
Of or relating to the vitreous body.
n.
The vitreous body.
vitreous
(vĭt’rē-əs)
Relating to or resembling glass.
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- Vitreous-humor
noun, Anatomy. 1. the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens. vitreous humor n. The clear gelatinous substance that fills the eyeball between the retina and the lens. The vitreous body. vitreous humor The gelatinous substance that fills the chamber of the eye between the retina and the lens.