ciliary margin

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The border of the iris that is attached to the ciliary body.

The border of the tarsus of an eyelid.

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The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
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Because of the thinness of the air, there is a very tight margin between the correct and incorrect airspeeds, as little as 50 mph.
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Sixty-seven Republicans voted against it, a margin in line with estimates of many conservatives from earlier in the day.
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Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business.
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We believe in Him by a landslide 74 percent to 26 percent margin.
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This paper was noted here and there on the margin, and had been obviously carefully read.
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The comparison of the cost of production, therefore, with the value of the raw material, shows a very large margin of profit.
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Along the sea-margin of the tongue of land between the rivers Mersey and Dee, the sand has been thrown up in domes.
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He likens the walls to the page of a book, in which the glose, or commentary, was often written in the margin.
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On the other side was a narrow margin, and then a sheer wall of hills in exquisite verdure.
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