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limbous

limbous adjective: with slightly overlapping borders.

Adjective

limbous (not comparable)

  1. With slightly overlapping borders.
    • There are two types of squamous sutures: limbous sutures have mutual ridges or serrations, and the more common plane sutures, which exhibit less structured surfaces which are mutually roughened, such as the temporoparietal suture, the suture between the two maxillae, or the meeting of the zygomatic...1996, Don Cohen, An Introduction to Craniosacral Therapy: Anatomy, Function, and Treatment

Origin of limbous

See limbus.

Questions about limbous

What does limbous mean?
Limbous means with slightly overlapping borders.
What part of speech is limbous?
Limbous is an adjective.

Words near limbous in the dictionary

  1. limboing
  2. limbokeratoplasties
  3. limbokeratoplasty
  4. limbolike
  5. limbos
  6. limbous
  7. Limbri
  8. limbric
  9. Limbrick
  10. Limbricks
  11. limbs

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