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Definition of Limbous
1. a. With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.
Definition of Limbous
1. Adjective. (anatomy) With slightly overlapping borders; said of a suture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Limbous
1. overlapping [adj]
Medical Definition of Limbous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Limbous
Literary usage of Limbous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"A ridge or flattened process is received into a corresponding socket, P.
g., rostrum of sphenoid and vomer. (5) limbous. The opposed edges alternately ..."
2. Outlines of Physiology, Human and Comparative by John Marshall (1868)
"limbous, 154. Squamous, 154. False, IM Swallowing, 500-506 (,«r Deglutition)
Sweat, 791 (sre Perspiration) Sweat-glands, 64, 98, 791 Swimming of animals, ..."
3. The Science of chiropractic: Its Principles and Adjustments by Daniel David Palmer, Bartlett Joshua Palmer (1906)
"... teeth,) serrated (notched like a saw, ) limbous ( overlapping, ) or false
sutures, where there is simple apposition of two contigous rough surfaces. ..."
4. The Skull of the Dog: A Manual for Students with a Glossary of Osteological by Walter Edward Collinge (1896)
"limbous (L. limbus, a border).—A term applied to such sutures as that between
the parietal and frontal bones. Linea aspera (L. rough line). ..."
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