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TENON'S CAPSULE

\tˈɛnɒnz kˈapsjuːl], \tˈɛnɒnz kˈapsjuːl], \t_ˈɛ_n_ɒ_n_z k_ˈa_p_s_j_uː_l]\

Definitions of TENON'S CAPSULE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The capsular non-bony socket of the eye.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The sheath of the eyeball anterior to the place where it is pierced by the muscles of the eyeball. Some anatomists apply the term to the entire sheath
Of some anatomists, the entire sheath of the eyeball.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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