Usually means: Surrounding or near the eyes.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. periocular: Wordnik
  2. periocular: Wiktionary
  3. periocular: Dictionary.com

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  1. periocular: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. periocular: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. periocular: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (periocular)

▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Surrounding the eyeball.

Similar:
perioptic, circumorbital, intraperiorbital, periorbit, peripupillary, pericorneal, circumlental, exorbital, perioral, entoptic, more...

Opposite:
intraocular

Types:
scleral, eyelid, conjunctival, lacrimal, palpebral, more...

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Similar:
perioptic, circumorbital, intraperiorbital, periorbit, peripupillary, pericorneal, circumlental, exorbital, perioral, entoptic, more...

Opposite:
intraocular

Types:
scleral, eyelid, conjunctival, lacrimal, palpebral, more...



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