結 晶 体(けっしょうたい)

けっしょうたい

noun

crystalline body; crystal; lens of the eye

1. crystalline body; crystal

A solid in which atoms or molecules are arranged in a regular, repeating pattern. Used in science and materials contexts.

Snow crystals have a hexagonal shape.

A diamond is a crystalline body of carbon.

This mineral forms beautiful crystals.

2. crystalline lens (of the eye)

The transparent, biconvex structure in the eye that helps focus light on the retina. Also called 水晶体(すいしょうたい).

年齢(ねんれい)とともに結晶体(けっしょうたい)が濁(にご)ると白内障(はくないしょう)になる。

When the crystalline lens becomes cloudy with age, it leads to cataracts.

The crystalline lens refracts light to form an image on the retina.

In cataract surgery, the clouded crystalline lens is replaced with an artificial lens.

Composed of 結晶(けっしょう) (crystal) and 体(たい) (body/object). Has both a general scientific meaning and a specific anatomical meaning.

For the eye (sense 2), 水晶体(すいしょうたい) is the more standard medical term. 結晶体(けっしょうたい) is sometimes used as a simpler alternative.

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