| circumflex nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Arises from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus in the axilla, passes laterally and posteriorly through quadrangular space with the posterior circumflex artery, winding round the surgical neck of the humerus to supply the deltoid and teres minor muscles, terminating as the superior lateral brachial cutaneous nerve. Synonym: nervus axillaris, circumflex nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| circumflex scapular artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, subscapular; distribution, muscles of shoulder and scapular region; anastomoses, branches of suprascapular and transverse cervical. Synonym: arteria circumflexa scapulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex veins | See: deep circumflex iliac vein, superficial circumflex iliac vein, lateral circumflex femoral veins, medial circumflex femoral veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumgemmal | Surrounding a budlike or bulblike body; denoting a mode of nerve termination by fibrils surrounding an end bulb. Synonym: perigemmal. Origin: circum-+ L. Gemma, a bud (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumintestinal | Surrounding the intestine. Synonym: circumintestinal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumlental | Surrounding the lens of the eye. Synonym: circumlental. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circummandibular | Around or about the mandible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circummandibular fixation | Stabilization of a fracture segment or surgical splint by wire passed around the mandible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumnuclear | <biology> Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the perinuclear protoplasm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| circumocular | Around the eye. Synonym: periocular, periophthalmic. Origin: circum-+ L. Oculus, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumoral | Synonym: perioral. Origin: circum-+ L. Os (oris), mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumorbital | Around the orbit. Synonym: periorbital. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumrenal | Synonym: perinephric. Origin: circum-+ L. Ren, kidney (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumsciss | <technique> To break open along a transverse line around the circumference of something. (15 Jan 1998) |
| circumscissile | <plant biology> Opening splitting by a transverse fissure around the circumference, leaving an upper and lower half, said of certain seed pods or capsules. (15 Jan 1998) |