Limbous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Limbous is an adjective meaning (anatomy, of a suture) With slightly overlapping borders.
Meaning
(anatomy, of a suture) With slightly overlapping borders.
Example Sentences
There are two types of squamous sutures: limbous sutures have mutual ridges or serrations, and the more common plane sutures, which exhibit less structured surfaces which are mutually roughened, such as the temporoparietal suture, the suture between the two maxillae, or the meeting of the zygomatic and palatine bones.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bicursal, epilobous, bilobed, multisutural, unilimbate, waved.
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