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ciliary muscle Definition


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ciliary muscle
noun
    1. anatomy.
      A muscle that controls the curvature of the lens of the eye, by contracting to make it thin for viewing distant objects, or relaxing to make it thicker for viewing nearby objects.
Etymology: 18c: from Latin cilium eyelash.



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