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Crystalline lens

By Troy Bedinghaus, O.D., About.com

Updated: June 16, 2007

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Definition: A transparent lens that is suspended inside the eye immediately behind the iris which brings rays of light to a focus on the retina. The crystalline lens is the name given to the natural lens that humans are born with.

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