Meanings
- not comparableBehind the midline of an orb
In order to achieve these goals, muscle recessions followed by retroequatorial myopexias are usually used.
2011, George L. Spaeth, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Ivan Goldberg, Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Practice E-Book, page 4381 more example
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 […]
1942, American Medical Association. Section on Ophthalmology, Transactions, volume 93, page 248
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