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retrobulbar /ret·ro·bul·bar/ (-bul´bar)

1. behind the medulla oblongata.

2. behind the eyeball.

retrobulbar

[-bul′bər]

Etymology: L, retro, backward, bulbus, swollen root

1 pertaining to the area behind the pons (posterior to the medulla oblongata).

2 pertaining to the area behind the eyeball.

retrobulbar [ret″ro-bul´bar]

1. behind the pons.

2. behind the eyeball.

retrobulbar

1. behind the pons.

2. behind the eyeball.

retrobulbar block

regional anesthesia of the eyeball by blocking the nerve supply as it emerges from the orbital fissure. There are two techniques, a four-point injection and the Peterson technique, used in cattle for enucleation of the eyeball.

retrobulbar neuropathy

see dryopteris.

retrobulbar

Behind the eyeball as, for example, retrobulbar optic neuritis. See optic neuritis.

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