Limbus

[limbәs]

(noun.) a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure.

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(n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.

(n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.

(n.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.

Editor: Theresa

n. [L.] Limbo.

Edited by Adela