LENS CAPSULE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lens capsule" is a kind of...):

capsule (a structure that encloses a body part)

Holonyms ("lens capsule" is a part of...):

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

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