limbus

¹ American  

[lim-buhs] / ˈlɪm bəs /

noun

plural

limbi

1. limbo.

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limbus ² American  

[lim-buhs] / ˈlɪm bəs /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

plural

limbi

1. a border, edge, or limb.

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limbus British  

/ ˈlɪmbəs /

noun

1. anatomy the edge or border of any of various structures or parts

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Other Word Forms

• limbic adjective

Etymology

Origin of limbus¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin; Latin: limbus ²

Origin of limbus²

1665–75; < New Latin, Latin

Example Sentences

Both took stem cells from the limbus, the circular area of the eye that surrounds the cornea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rome, with its fever in Summer and rheumatism and pneumonia in Winter, has sent many an artist to limbus.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Hubbard, Elbert

Maeterlinck sets us figures in the foreground only to launch us into that limbus.

From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen

Some by hell understand the place of the damned, some limbus partum, others the wrath of God, others the grave.

From An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles by Southwell, Charles

Cor. limbus 5-fidus, æqualis, patens:umbilico clauso Antheris 2, majoribus.

From The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 1 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed by Curtis, William