lens capsule

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lens capsule - a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye

capsule - a structure that encloses a body part

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

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