retrobulbar
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retrobulbar
1. behind the pons.
2. behind the eyeball.
- r. block — regional anesthesia of the eyeball by blocking the nerve supply as it emerges from the orbital fissure. There are two techniques, a four-point injection and the Peterson technique, used in cattle for enucleation of the eyeball.
- r. neuropathy — see dryopteris.
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