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aqueous humor

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aqueous humor
n.
The clear, watery fluid circulating in the chamber of the eye between the cornea and the lens.

aqueous humor
The clear, watery fluid that fills the chamber of the eye between the cornea and the lens.
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Noun1.aqueous humor - the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lensaqueous humor - the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens
bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body


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The aqueous humor flows out of the eye through this network and into a channel that leads to another network of small veins on the outside of the eye.
He found that NAC gradually penetrates the cornea, "thus being able to maintain a longer active therapeutic concentration of carnosine directly into the aqueous humor and .
After 24 hours, the aqueous humor was collected from both eyes, and the number of infiltrating cells, protein concentration, nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandin (PG)-E2, and TNF-alpha levels in the aqueous humor were determined.
 
 
 
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