单词 | watery humour |
释义 | > as lemmaswatery humour watery humour n. Anatomy (now rare) the aqueous humour of the eye (see aqueous adj. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > wateriness lachrymation1598 watery humour1612 epiphora1657 1612 H. Peacham Graphice i. xviii. 66 It is round, but more flat towards the ball of the eye, that it might giue the watrie humor a better lustre. 1699 G. Harvey Vanities Philos. & Physick 169 To preserve the Eye-sight,..By attenuating the Horny Tunic and the watery Humour. 1796 N.-Y. Weekly Mag. 20 July 17/2 The hinder chamber, between the cornea and the crystal, contains a moist humour,..called the watery humour. 1894 A. Giberne Radiant Suns xv. 139 Between the cornea and the iris, in front of the eye, is the..watery humour. 1908 Trans. Childhood Soc. 4 23 Behind the cornea is a watery humour through which the rays pass with little alteration. < as lemmas |
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