Lens
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| Lens | |
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| Term | Lens |
| Short definition | lens (Lenz) A transparent disk that focuses light, as in a camera or microscope. In the eye, the lens is a clear, curved structure at the front of the eye, behind the pupil. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
lens - (pronounced) (Lenz) A transparent disk that focuses light, as in a camera or microscope. In the eye, the lens is a clear, curved structure at the front of the eye, behind the pupil. It focuses rays of light entering the eye through the pupil and creates an image on the retina (light-sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye)
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