Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perilimbal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-il-im-bal
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Around the limbus.

Example Sentences

"Aggregations ofinflammatory cells were found at 1 hour in the limbal epithelium, 2 hours in the perilimbal conjunctival epithelium, and 3 hours in the peripheral corneal epithelium."

Etymology

From peri- + limbal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: peri

Questions

What does perilimbal mean?: Around the limbus.
Where does perilimbal come from?: From peri- + limbal.

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