What is the contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye called?
iris — (Anat.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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