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Recent isotopic analyses by researchers in Denmark and Sweden show that the oldest easily identifiable structures in your body are the crystalline lens proteins of your eyes and the enamel of your teeth.
—Curt Stager, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2014
The lens will be securely placed behind the iris (the colored part of the eye), and in front of the natural crystalline lens.
—Hoopes Vision, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022
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First Known Use
1654, in the meaning defined above
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“Crystalline lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crystalline%20lens. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
crystalline lens
noun
: the lens of the vertebrate eye
Medical Definition
crystalline lens
noun
: the lens of the eye
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