posterior chamber
noun
anatomy
: a narrow space in the eye that is behind the peripheral part of the iris and in front of the suspensory ligament of the lens and the ciliary body and is filled with aqueous humor compare anterior chamber see eye illustration
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First Known Use
1737, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
posterior chamber
noun
: a narrow space in the eye that is behind the peripheral part of the iris and in front of the suspensory ligament of the lens and the ciliary processes and is filled with aqueous humor compare anterior chamber
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