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Limbal vs Limbat - What's the difference?

limbal | limbat |

As an adjective limbal

is (medical) of or pertaining to the limbus.

As a noun limbat is

(archaic) a periodic cooling wind in cyprus, blowing from the northwest.

limbal

English

Adjective

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  • (medical) Of or pertaining to the limbus.

    • Derived terms

    * limbal ring

    limbat

    English

    Noun

  • (archaic) A periodic cooling wind in Cyprus, blowing from the northwest.
    • (Frederic Henry Fisher)
  • * 1797 , (Robert Heron), A Collection of Late Voyages and Travels
    • The heats increase as the summer advances, and would be altogether intolerable, if a cooling wind called limbat did not arise.
  • * 1807 , Andrew Mackay, The Complete Navigator
    • There are various other periodical winds: of these, however, that generally known by the name of limbat , which is common in the island of Cyprus, shall only be mentioned here.