Associations to the word «Arcus»

ARCUS, noun. (medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea

ARCUS, noun. (meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow

ARCUS, noun. (entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects

ARCUS, noun. (palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore

ARCUS SENILIS, noun. (ophthalmology) A faint whitish ring around the iris in elderly people; discoloration of the iris with age.

ARCUS, noun. A whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea.