retroequatorialとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

retroequatorial (not comparable)

1. Behind the midline of an orb
   • 1942, American Medical Association. Section on Ophthalmology, Transactions (volume 93, page 248)

     By teasing with a fine needle the surfaces of the ciliary valleys, the lateral borders of the ciliary processes, the anterior portion of the orbiculus ciliaris and the preequatorial and retroequatorial regions of the lens, one could pick up the severed zonular bundles and remnants […]

   • 2011, George L. Spaeth, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Ivan Goldberg, Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Practice E-Book (page 438)

     In order to achieve these goals, muscle recessions followed by retroequatorial myopexias are usually used.