Medical Definition of Orbita
1. Synonym: orbit. Origin: L. A wheel-track, fr. Orbis, circle (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbita
Literary usage of Orbita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Latin Synonymes: For the Use of Schools and Private Students by Johann Gottlob Ludwig Ramshorn, Ludwig Ramshorn (1839)
"Cubitus and cubitum (cubare, cubitum), 293; orbita (orbis), the track of the
wheel; vita (vi- vere), the life ; exta (ex), 1027. c. tium: ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"Its margin is termed margo orbita'lit. orbita, Orbit—o. Oculi. Orbit. orbitaL,
orbitar—o. ... orbita'rin inte- rio'ra seu inter'na, ..."
3. Catholicon anglicum: an English-Latin wordbook, dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1881)
"1 Cooper gives 'orbita. Virg. Ciò A carte wheele : the tracke of a carte-wheele
made in le ... orbita. A cart spore," and The Ortus explains orbita as ..."
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