Circumadjacent
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lying immediately around
"The pain and heat, by degrees derive a vast flux of blood and humors which distend all the circumadjacent vessels, in order to quench the incendium."
Example
More examples"The pain and heat, by degrees derive a vast flux of blood and humors which distend all the circumadjacent vessels, in order to quench the incendium."
Etymology
From circum- + adjacent.
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