See Also: annulus conjunctivae(medicine)
CLOSE ROLLS, or close writs, Eng(law)
Fornix conjunctivae(health)
Dirofilaria conjunctivae(medicine)
fornix conjunctivae(medicine)
saccus conjunctivae(medicine)
tyloma conjunctivae(medicine)
plica semilunaris conjunctivae(medicine)
annulus(medicine)
Annulus(health)

close(2) (iou) and annulus conjunctivae (medicine)


close(2) (iou)



close noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French clos from Latin clausum closed place, enclosure, use as noun of neut. pa. pple of claudere CLOSE verb.]
I.
gen. An enclosed place, an enclosure. ME.
break a close, break a person's close Law trespass on another's land.
Tennyson I lay Pent in a roofless close of ragged stones.
a. An enclosure about or beside a building. Long obsolete in gen. sense. ME.
b. spec. The precinct of a cathedral. Formerly also, the precinct of any sacred place, a cloister. LME.
c. A farmyard. Now dial. LME.
a. A field, an enclosed piece of land. Now dial. & Law. LME.
b. A playing field at certain English public schools. L19.
H. Newbolt There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night, Ten to make and the match to win!
An entry, a passage, an alleyway. Chiefly Scot., an entry from a street to a common stairway or a court at the back of a building; also, a common stairway or court with such an entry. LME.
A (usu. short) street closed at one end, a cul-de-sac. Freq. in proper names. E18.
II.
An enclosing line, a circuit, a boundary. ME-M17.

annulus conjunctivae (medicine)


annulus conjunctivae -->
conjunctival ring


A narrow ring at the junction of the periphery of the cornea with the conjunctiva.

Synonym: annulus conjunctivae.