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Definitions of circumscribe
  1. verb
    restrict or confine within limits
    "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born"

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  2. verb
    draw a line around
  3. verb
    to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
Definition that contains circumscribe
  • course facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
  • zone a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
  • ulcer a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
  • localisation (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
  • localization (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
  • ulceration a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue
  • periodic edema recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs
  • giant hives recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs
  • quincke's edema recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs
  • localization of function (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
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