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Definition of ciliary muscle noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ciliary muscle

noun
 
/ˈsɪliəri mʌsl/
 
/ˈsɪlieri mʌsl/
 (anatomy)
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  1. a muscle in the eye that controls how much the lens curvesTopics Bodyc2
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