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CILIARY BODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of the tunic of the eye between the choroid coat and the iris
Example:
the ciliary body produces aqueous humor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ciliary body" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Holonyms ("ciliary body" is a part of...):
eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)
Context examples:
Iris nevi are composed of proliferated melanocytes and are associated with neurofibromatosis and malignant melanoma of the choroid and ciliary body.
(Iris Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A melanoma arising from the choroid, ciliary body, or the iris.
(Mixed Cell Uveal Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
When applied topically to the eye, this agent prolongs stimulation of the parasympathetic receptors at the neuromuscular junctions of the longitudinal muscle of the ciliary body.
(Echothiophate Iodide, NCI Thesaurus)
Acute or chronic inflammation of the iris and ciliary body characterized by exudates into the anterior chamber, discoloration of the iris, and constricted, sluggish pupil.
(Iridocyclitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Inflammatory intraocular reaction with clouding and cells in vitreous; often accompanies inflammation of ciliary body, iris, choroid, or retina.
(Hyalitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Inflammation of the pars plana, ciliary body, and adjacent structures.
(Intermediate Uveitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Inflammation of the ciliary body.
(Cyclitis, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the ciliary body and choroid, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.
(Melanoma of the Ciliary Body and Choroid Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
The space in the eye, filled with aqueous humor, bounded anteriorly by the cornea and a small portion of the sclera and posteriorly by a small portion of the ciliary body, the iris, and that part of the crystalline lens which presents through the pupil.
(Anterior Chamber of the Eye, NCI Thesaurus)
