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perilimbal

perilimbal adjective: around the limbus.

Adjective

perilimbal (not comparable)

  1. Around the limbus.
    • Aggregations ofinflammatory cells were found at 1 hour in the limbal epithelium, 2 hours in the perilimbal conjunctival epithelium, and 3 hours in the peripheral corneal epithelium.2015 September 4, “Changes of Ocular Surface and the Inflammatory Response in a Rabbit Model of Short-Term Exposure Keratopathy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of perilimbal

From peri- + limbal.

Questions about perilimbal

What does perilimbal mean?
Perilimbal means around the limbus.
What part of speech is perilimbal?
Perilimbal is an adjective.

Words near perilimbal in the dictionary

  1. perilenticular
  2. perilesion
  3. perilesional
  4. perilesionally
  5. periligamentous
  6. perilimbal
  7. periliminal
  8. periling
  9. perilingual
  10. perilingually
  11. perilipin

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