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pars plana

[ plā′nə ]

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n.

ciliary disk

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Words nearby pars plana

parsonage, parson bird, Parsons, parson's nose, Parsons table, pars plana, pars-planitis, pars tympanica, Parsva, part, part. adj.

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Example sentences from the Web for pars plana

Staying once at Castellon de la Plana, in Valencia, my delight was to watch the pig-herd and his troop.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
The insertion is tendinous on the dorsal surface of the lower mandible in common with the dorsal aponeurosis of pars profundus.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves|Robert L. Merz
In one individual, a Mourning Dove, the origin of pars lateralis of M. pterygoideus dorsalis extended to the pterygoid.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves|Robert L. Merz
The tendon of origin is actually one with the ventral aponeurosis of pars profundus, which is situated in a horizontal plane.
Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves|Robert L. Merz

The latter usually increases the range in order to impede the strengthening of the enemy's foremost line, as explained in pars.
Manual of Military Training|James A. Moss