See Also: ciliary body(medicine)
Ciliary body(health)
Body, ciliary(health)
embryonal tumour of ciliary body(medicine)
basal layer of ciliary body(medicine)
basal lamina of ciliary body(medicine)
pigmented layer of ciliary body(medicine)
Pima(encyclopedia)
Pima(2)(dictionary)
Pima(1)(dictionary)

Pima(1) (iou) and Ciliary body (health)


Pima(1) (iou)



Pima noun1 & adjective1. E19.
[Spanish, shortening of Pimahito, from Pima pimahaitu nothing.]
A. noun. Pl. same, -s. A member of a N. American Indian people living chiefly along the Gila and Salt rivers in Arizona. Also, the Uto-Aztecan language of the Pima and Papago, esp. the dialect of the Pima. E19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Pima or their language. E20.

Ciliary body (health)


Part of the eye, the ciliary body is a thin vascular (blood vessel-filled) middle layer of the eye that is situated between the sclera (the white of the eye) and the retina (the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light, and creates impulses that Travel through the optic nerve to the brain).