1. Plural of limbus; a border, edge, or margin, especially in anatomy or botany.
Usage: technical; anatomy; botany
2. In Christian theology, the supposed abode of the souls of unbaptized infants and righteous people who died before Christ's coming.
Usage: theology; archaic

Examples

• The limbuses of the cornea are important structures in eye anatomy.
• Botanists examined the limbuses of the leaf margins under the microscope.
• Medieval theologians debated the nature of the limbuses where virtuous pagans resided.
• The limbuses form a distinct boundary between different tissue types.
• In medical terminology, limbuses refer to the transitional zones in various organs.