Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Surrounding the eyeball.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Surrounding the
eyeball .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word periocular.
Examples
-
In periocular lesions, it is effective in helping to exclude basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma when sebaceous carcinoma is under consideration.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Daniel A Ostler 2010
-
Of these 117 lesions, 42 (36 %) were from the periocular region.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Daniel A Ostler 2010
-
A novel anticholinergic form is the use of periocular botulinum toxin diffusing back to the ciliary ganglion inhibiting the pupillary sphincter.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows notonlylens 2010
-
Kitamura K, Miura H, Miyagawa-Tomita S, Yanazawa M, Katoh-Fukui Y, et al. (1999) Mouse Pitx2 deficiency leads to anomalies of the ventral body wall, heart, extra - and periocular mesoderm and right pulmonary isomerism.
-
If, for whatever reason, there is pain in the ocular / periocular area, then the eyelids may react to the pain (blepharospasm) by turning inwards.
Stabroek News 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.