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Noun: crystalline lens
  1. Biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
    - lens, lens of the eye

Derived forms: crystalline lenses

Type of: organ

Part of: eye, oculus, optic

Encyclopedia: Crystalline lens