Limbus definition

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A distinctive border or edge, such as the junction between the cornea and sclera of the eyeball.
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A distinct border or edging, as of a bodily organ or structure.
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A distinctive border or edge, such as the junction between the cornea and sclera of the eyeball.
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(medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.
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Origin of limbus

  • Latin border

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

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

    From Wiktionary

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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