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optic vesicle
noun
Definition of OPTIC VESICLE
: an evagination of each lateral wall of the embryonic vertebrate forebrain from which the nervous structures of the eye develop
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First Known Use of OPTIC VESICLE
circa 1885
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optic vesicle
noun
Medical Definition of OPTIC VESICLE
: an evagination of each lateral wall of the embryonic vertebrate forebrain from which the nervous structures of the eye develop
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