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prelimbic

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prelimbic /pre·lim·bic/ (pre-lim´bik) in front of a limbus.
prelimbic [pre-lim´bik]
in front of a limbus.
prelimbic
in front of a limbus; refers usually to the limbus fossae ovalis.
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