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Definition of Lens capsule
1. Noun. A tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye.
Medical Definition of Lens capsule
1. The capsule enclosing the lens of the eye. Synonym: capsula lentis, crystalline capsule, lenticular capsule, phacocyst. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lens Capsule
Literary usage of Lens capsule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by John Eric Erichsen (1873)
"If the capsule be toughened, the lens will perhaps move about on the end of the
needle as it is moved about, and the lens-capsule is no more torn open. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... cataract occurs in two ways : by laceration or rupture of the lens capsule
... the iris to the lens capsule and the occlusion of the pupil by exudation. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"(2) Pyramidal cataract is a small white spot on th» lens-capsule in the centre of
... The cornea falls against the lens-capsule when the aqueous humour is ..."
4. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1915)
"CALCAREOUS DEGENERATION OF THE CORNEA AND lens capsule. FREDERICK TOOKE, MD,
Montreal, Canada. Lesions of the cornea manifesting calcareous changes have ..."
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