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Services include cataract surgery, LASIK and refractive surgery, glaucoma management, retinal and vitreous care, corneal transplants, oculoplastic surgery, neuro-ophthalmology and pediatric ophthalmology.
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Community's Choice Awards,
Oklahoman,
7 Mar. 2026
As in much of McGuane’s fiction, the natural environment—in this case, the vitreous Florida flats, and the angler-tormenting tarpon, permit, and bonefish that populate them—provides the foil.
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Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
Requiring over 20 hours of fabrication time, this lustrous dial is produced via the application of numerous layers of vitreous enamel and multiple firings in a kiln measuring between 800 degrees and 900 degrees Celsius.
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Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
To gouge out the parasitic pillager, the doctors performed a pars plana vitrectomy—a procedure that involves sucking out some of the jelly-like vitreous inside the eye.
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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Community's Choice Awards,
Oklahoman,
7 Mar. 2026
As in much of McGuane’s fiction, the natural environment—in this case, the vitreous Florida flats, and the angler-tormenting tarpon, permit, and bonefish that populate them—provides the foil.
—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
Requiring over 20 hours of fabrication time, this lustrous dial is produced via the application of numerous layers of vitreous enamel and multiple firings in a kiln measuring between 800 degrees and 900 degrees Celsius.
—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
To gouge out the parasitic pillager, the doctors performed a pars plana vitrectomy—a procedure that involves sucking out some of the jelly-like vitreous inside the eye.
—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vitreous
Adjective
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That would be the ultra-plush, ultra-glassy, ultra-nourishing formula with oils like safflower, jojoba, olive, sunflower seed, and castor, as well as two additional, ridiculously flattering shades.
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Inside, a little more than 3,600 square feet of living space is infused with light via banks of glassy French doors.
Adjective
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The translucent finish and bright orange color looks just like a splash of Aperol.
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Sunlight entering translucent barrels can cause rapid algae blooms, says Scott.
Adjective
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Follow that up with a coat of protective finish, such as General Finishes Outdoor Oil, or a semitransparent exterior stain.
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Or the hundreds of husks left on the ground, brown, semitransparent, upholding the shape of the life that had once been but was now gone?
Adjective
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Dion’s look appeared to be made out of a slightly sheer material, showing off her legs through the diaphanous fabric.
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That spirit is exemplified by Ford, a gregarious hostess who moves through the various groupings of women in a diaphanous full-length blue dress, introducing Godfred to a group of attendees and hugging both first-timers and her OGs enthusiastically.
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“Vitreous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vitreous. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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