crystalline lens

Definitions of crystalline lens
  1. noun
    biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
    synonyms: lens, lens of the eye
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    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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