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crystalline lens

noun

Anatomy.
  1. a doubly convex, transparent body in the eye, situated behind the iris, that focuses incident light on the retina.


crystalline lens

noun

  1. a biconvex transparent elastic structure in the eye situated behind the iris, serving to focus images on the retina
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crystalline lens1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Grayson is blind, the result of a rare genetic disorder that stunts the development of the iris and the crystalline lens covering the eye.

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When you’re reading, looking at a map or squinting toward the horizon, your eyes adjust themselves involuntarily and instantaneously, thanks to tiny muscles inside the crystalline lens that can bend it and change its shape.

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The company's Visian Toric implantable lens is placed in the posterior chamber of the eye between the iris and the natural crystalline lens to correct both myopia and astigmatism in a single procedure.

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The Catalys system is approved for use in the United States and Europe in procedures that remove the crystalline lens, a part of the eye that can become clouded and impair vision.

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An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract.

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