Limbus Definition

lĭmbəs
limbi
noun
A distinct border or edging, as of a bodily organ or structure.
Webster's New World

Origin of Limbus

  • From Latin limbus (“edge, border")

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin border

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Limbus Sentence Examples

  • D, E, F, Trochosphere stage, D fp, Pore in the foot (belonging mf, The mantle-flap or limbus to the pedal gland?).

  • A 3 cm needle is inserted half way between the lateral canthus and the lateral limbus in the lower conjunctiva.

  • In the adult mammalian eye, stem cells are known to be present at the corneal limbus, and the ciliary marginal zone.

  • Depth of the anterior chamber at the temporal limbus was graded as a percentage fraction of peripheral corneal thickness.

  • Should recessions of the medial recti be graded from the limbus or the insertion?

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Words Starting With

LLILIM

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SUSBUS

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limbus

Words Starting With L and Ending With S

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With S