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anopia

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anopia
[anō′pē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, a + ops, not eye
a blindness resulting from a defect in or the absence of one or both eyes.

anophthalmia 
Congenital absence of all tissues of the eyes. It is due to a failure of the outgrowth of the optic vesicle to form the optic cup. However, in many cases some development occurs and there is a rudimentary presence of one or both eyes, such as extreme microphthalmia. Syn. anophthalmos; anophthalmus; anopia. See optic cup; microphthalmia; monophthalmia; optic vesicle.


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