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English noun: crystalline lens

1. crystalline lens (body) biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina


Synonymslens, lens of the eye


Broader (hypernym)organ


Part holonymcortex, lens capsule, lens cortex


Part meronymeye, oculus, optic









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