circumscribed

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Circumscribed masses of cells connected with the lymphatic vessels.

From Disease and Its Causes by Councilman, William Thomas

Circumscribed collections of pus are to be treated as under other circumstances, and burrowing is to be guarded against.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Circumscribed lipoma appears as a lobulated soft tumor, more or less movable, lying beneath the skin.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Circumscribed epidermic elevations containing pus; as, for example, the pustules of acne, of impetigo, and of sycosis.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Not at all Sir.— while it is General and Circumscribed by decency, it cannot be too strong for the English.

From The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir by Macklin, Charles