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circumpapillary

circumpapillary adjective: surrounding a papilla.

Adjective

circumpapillary (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a papilla
    • Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the correlation of circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (cpRNFLT) and macular parameters to mean deviation (MD) to and standard automated perimetry (SAP)-measured sensitivity, assessed with the 30–2 and 10–2 programs.2015 October 28, “Retinal Thickness and the Structure/Function Relationship in the Eyes of Older Adults with Glaucoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of circumpapillary

From circum- + papillary.

Questions about circumpapillary

What does circumpapillary mean?
Circumpapillary means surrounding a papilla.
What part of speech is circumpapillary?
Circumpapillary is an adjective.

Words near circumpapillary in the dictionary

  1. circumorally
  2. circumorals
  3. circumorbital
  4. circumorbitals
  5. circumoval
  6. circumpapillary
  7. circumparasitic
  8. circumpass
  9. circumpassed
  10. circumpasses
  11. circumpassing

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