vitreous

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass; glassy.
  2. adjective Obtained or made from glass.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the vitreous humor.

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  1. From Latin vitreus, from vitrum, glass.

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  1. Cf. French vitrcux and Spanish vitreo = Portuguese Italian vitreo; from Latin vitreus, of glass, from vitrum, glass, orig. *vidtrum, a transparent substance, from videre, see: see vision. Cf. vitrine, verre, etc.
 

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