circumscribed

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Circumscribed as my life was in so many ways, I had to look between the covers of books for news of the world that lay outside my own.

From The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Macy, John Albert

Circumscribed by the character of his country and his age, the moralist must learn to vindicate his principles in that position.

From Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Reeves, Henry

Circumscribed abscesses, however, are due to one or more of the other pus-causing micro-organisms.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

Circumscribed atrophic patches appear as dark transparent areas, which show considerable mobility and bulge prominently on inflation.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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