| circumocular | Around the eye. Synonym: periocular, periophthalmic. Origin: circum-+ L. Oculus, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| circumscribed | Limited in space, well localised. (27 Sep 1997) |
| circumscribed breast lesions | <radiology> Lucent, lipoma, oil cyst (following haematoma or biopsy), galactocele (associated with lactation), mixed density, fibro-adeno-lipoma, galactocele, intramammary lymph node, haematoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| circumscribed craniomalacia | A disease marked by the presence of areas of thinning and softening in the bones of the skull and widening of the sutures and fontanelles. Usually of syphilitic or rachitic origin. Synonym: circumscribed craniomalacia. Origin: cranio-+ L. Tabes, a wasting (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumscribed peritonitis | Peritonitis confined to a demarcated region of the peritoneal cavity. Synonym: circumscribed peritonitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumscribed pyocephalus | Abscess of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumscriptus | Synonym: circumscribed. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumstantiality | A disturbance in the thought process, either voluntary or involuntary, in which one gives an excessive amount of detail (circumstances) that is often tangential, elaborate, and irrelevant, to avoid making a direct statement or answer to a question; observed in schizophrenia and in obsessional disorders. Compare: tangentiality. Origin: L. Circum-sto, pr. P. -stans, to stand around (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumvallate | Denoting a structure surrounded by a wall, as the circumvallate (vallate) papillae of the tongue. Origin: circum-+ L. Vallum, wall (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumvallate papilla | One of eight or ten projections from the dorsum of the tongue forming a row anterior to and parallel with the sulcus terminalis; each papilla is surrounded by a circular trench (fossa) having a slightly raised outer wall (vallum); on the sides of the vallate papilla and the opposed margin of the vallum are numerous taste buds. Synonym: papilla vallata, circumvallate papilla. Vascular papillae, dermal papillae containing vascular loops. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| circ | cause to be distributed |
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| circ | move in circles |
| circ | passing from one to another |
| circ | moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same point |
| circ | a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely |
| circ | library that provides books for use outside the building |
| circ | the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area |
| circ | the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines) |
| circ | free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant) |
| circ | movement through a circuit |
| circ | number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold |
| circ | (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period |