| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Medicine | Biconvex, normally transparent and resilient, lenticular body directly behind the pupil of the eye and nested in the patellar fossa of the vitreous body, having a relatively high index of refraction and an anterior surface whose convexity responds to ciliary muscle action. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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