Usually means: Border between cornea and sclera.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (limbus)

▸ noun:  (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

Similar:
limbal ring, ambitus, border, vermilion border, waterline, centrolobe, midorbit, limitans, lore, undermargin, more...

Opposite:
center, middle, core, nucleus, hub

Types:
ciliary, orbital, palpebral, sphenoidal, lacrimal, superciliary, more...

Phrases:
Corneal limbus, spiral limbus, scleral limbus, eyelid limbus, oval fossa limbus, more...

Adjectives:
corneal, superior, corneoscleral, upper, spiral, inferior, temporal, lower, surgical, nasal, lateral

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Similar:
limbal ring, ambitus, border, vermilion border, waterline, centrolobe, midorbit, limitans, lore, undermargin, more...

Opposite:
center, middle, core, nucleus, hub

Types:
ciliary, orbital, palpebral, sphenoidal, lacrimal, superciliary, more...

Phrases:
Corneal limbus, spiral limbus, scleral limbus, eyelid limbus, oval fossa limbus, Limbus vertebra, Limbus sign, more...

Adjectives:
corneal, superior, corneoscleral, upper, spiral, inferior, temporal, lower, surgical, nasal, lateral



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