(n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
(n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
(n.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eye movements of convergence and divergence were recorded by a limbus tracker.
(2) The oblique interface between corneal and scleral stroma determines the appearance of the surgical limbus whose landmarks vary around the circumference of the globe but predictably correlate with structures of the anterior chamber angle.
(3) Bimedial rectus recession with measurement from the limbus was combined with conjuctival recession 85 children undergoing surgery for esotropia.
(4) The binding sites were mainly located on the stereocilia, the cuticular plate of hair cells, the head plates of Deiters' cells, fibrous structures in pillar cells, in the spiral limbus and tectorial membrane and basilar membrane, plasma membranes, mitochondria and the chromatin of various kinds of cells.
(5) Fibrocytes in the lateral wall and limbus of the gerbil cochlea evidenced a capacity for ion transport activity by immunostaining for transport mediating enzymes including Na,K-ATPase, carbonic anhydrase (CA) and creatine kinase (CK).
(6) In Stage III a thoroughgoing keratectomy parallel to the limbus was performed, in combination with cataract extraction and coreplasty.
(7) The authors investigated two cryostimulation regimes: working temperature -70 degrees C, 10 points for 7 seconds on the borderline of the corroded area of the cornea, and working temperature of -160 degrees C, 10 points and four seconds on the limbus of the cornea.
(8) Under normal circumstances, the limbus would, therefore, seem to be more important as a zone that restricts flow and diffusion rather than an area of active molecular movement.
(9) After dissection of a muscle the distance from the posterior limbus (gray-white line) to the insertion line of the muscle was measured with calipers both at the midpoint and at each end of the insertion.
(10) Six additional eyes were then subjected to an equivalent treatment (50 degrees C in five 1-minute applications), which resulted in approximately 180 degrees of heat treatment just posterior to the corneoscleral limbus.
(11) A 21-year-old white woman had an apparently benign fibrous histiocytoma at the corneoscleral limbus.
(12) The evidence from this study suggests that the mechanisms for corneal pannus formation from the limbus are quite different from those for scarring of the conjunctiva.
(13) When possible the removal of the foreign body was carried out in the quadrant closet to where the foreign body was located and through a site 4-5 mm from the limbus.
(14) The calculation has shown that the rounding of one of the angles of interference rhombus and its displacement towards the centre of the picture speak about either a functional deficiency of a muscle inserted into the eye ball in this place or about displacement of the point of its insertion from the limbus along the meridian of its action; displacement of one the angles of interference rhombus from the meridian speaks about displacement of the point of efforts exertion of the corresponding muscle into the same direction.
(15) The authors describe the technique of arthrography of the hip and the aspect of the limbus in the normal hip as well as in subluxation and different types of dislocation.
(16) The histopathology of tumours originating at the corneoscleral limbus is reviewed with special reference to some 636 specimens examined over a 40 year period at the Institute of Ophthalmology, London.
(17) Recently he executes a modified scleral incision cutting off the conjunctiva from the corneal limbus; he considers it convenient and safe.
(18) The opacity lay in the superficial cornea about 1 to 3 mm from the corneoscleral limbus and had fine spokes extending away from the main trunk.
(19) More retinal holes, particularly large horseshoe breaks, can be closed effectively with radially oriented buckles than with limbus parallel ones; limbus parallel buckles often were complicated by "fish-mouthing" of the breaks and leaking radial folds.
(20) The staining intensity was greatest in the central cornea, becoming weaker toward the corneal scleral limbus, and was very weak or absent in the conjunctival epithelium.
Nimbus
Definition:
(n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.
(n.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two such systems (emphasized in this article) are under development here at CCF in joint efforts with Nimbus Corporation and the University of Washington, respectively.
(2) The development effort, which began separately in 1977 and has been conducted jointly by Nimbus and the Cleveland Clinic since 1980, has demonstrated that the above features can be incorporated in a reliable LVAS.
(3) Others showed the seated Buddha surrounded by a body halo and nimbus , the Bodhisattva Maitreya in a cape or the evil child-devouring yaksha Atavika who the Buddha miraculously converted to his dharma .
(4) Revascularization was accomplished on beating, nonworking hearts, with right (40 of 43) and left (43 of 43) ventricles supported by Nimbus Hemopumps (4 of 43) or Bio-Medicus centrifugal ventricular assist devices for an average of 112 minutes.
(5) Nimbus, Inc., (Rancho Cordova, CA) and the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) are collaborating to develop an implantable rotary blood pump that can be used as a left ventricular assist system (LVAS).
(6) The Nimbus pump is an indwelling, electromagnetic powered left ventricular (LV) assist device inserted transfemorally.
(7) One in particular, the CCF-Nimbus system, consisting of a biolized surface blood pump, an electrohydraulic energy converter, and a compliance chamber to handle the variable volume behind the PP, is described in depth in this discussion.
(8) The pumping unit consists of two CCF biolized pusher plate pumps, and a Nimbus electrohydraulic energy converter.
(9) The courses of 10 patients (nine men and one woman; mean age, 54 years) were reviewed to determine the long-term results of treatment with the Hemopump (Nimbus Medical, Inc., Rancho Cordova, CA) left ventricular assist device.
(10) A completely implantable total artificial heart (TAH) is being developed based on many years of research performed at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Nimbus, Inc.
(11) Twelve patients underwent the attempt at surgical insertion of the Nimbus pump.
(12) The E4T is a totally implantable total artificial heart (TAH) resulting from many years of research work at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) and Nimbus, Inc.
(13) This will be essential as the cumulo-nimbus clouds of concern gather over the entire banking sector.
(14) The most characteristic features of HCMP were as follows: 1) muscle fiber hypertrophy, 2) hypertrophy of cardiomyocyte nuclei, 3) perinuclear cardiomyocyte nimbus, 4) disorganization of muscle fibers, 5) the decrease of the nucleus-cytoplasmic ration.
(15) The kits examined included immunoenzymometric assays (Tandem Icon hCG, Model Plus, Diapreg-25, Pregnastick, Nimbus) and reverse hemagglutination inhibition assays (NeoPregnosticon 75 Duoclon, Pregtest).