Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being behind the eyeball; retroöcular.
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- adjective anatomy Behind the
medulla oblongata
Etymologies
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Examples
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During the first operation, my surgeon performed what he called a retrobulbar injection to anesthetize the eyeball and its muscles.
Science Question From a Toddler: What do blind people see? Boing Boing 2009
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We conclude that thyrocytes and retrobulbar cell types from patients with Graves 'disease and ophthalmopathy participate in the self-perpetuation of inflammation, releasing
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue A. Antonelli 2009
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Results: In primary cultures of thyrocytes, retrobulbar fibroblasts, and retrobulbar preadipocytes obtained from GO patients, CXCL9 and CXCL11 production was absent under basal conditions; CXCL9 alone, whereas it was dose dependently stimulated treating cells with IFN and CXCL11 release.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue A. Antonelli 2009
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