"limbus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: limbuses [plural], limbi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmbəs Etymology: From Middle English limbus, from Latin limbus (“edge, border”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|limbus}} Middle English limbus, {{uder|en|la|limbus||edge, border}} Latin limbus (“edge, border”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|limbi}} limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)
  1. (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea. Categories (topical): Biology, Medicine Derived forms: limbal, limbal ring Related terms: limbate

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