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limbus

limbus noun: a border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

Noun (1)

limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)

  1. A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

Noun (2) capitalized: Limbus

Limbus

  1. (plural) plural of Limbu

Forms of limbus

plurallimbuses
plurallimbi

Origin of limbus

From Middle English limbus, from Latin limbus (“edge, border”).

Words formed from limbus

Words that rhyme with limbus

Questions about limbus

What does limbus mean?
Limbus means a border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.
What part of speech is limbus?
Limbus is a noun.
What is the plural of limbus?
The plural of limbus is limbuses.

Words near limbus in the dictionary

  1. Limburgish
  2. limburgite
  3. limburgites
  4. limburgitic
  5. Limburgs
  6. limbus
  7. limbuses
  8. limbward
  9. limby
  10. LIMDIS
  11. lime

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Adapted from Wiktionary: limbus (page history and authors); Limbus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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