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epiblepharon

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epiblepharon /epi·bleph·a·ron/ (ep″ĭ-blef´ah-ron) a developmental anomaly in which a horizontal fold of skin stretches across the border of the eyelid, pressing the eyelashes inward, against the eyelid.
ep·i·bleph·a·ron (p-blf-rn)
n.
A congenital horizontal fold of skin near the margin of the upper or lower eyelid caused by the abnormal insertion of muscle fibers.

epiblepharon [ep″ĭ-blef´ah-ron]
a developmental anomaly in which a horizontal fold of skin stretches across the border of the eyelid, pressing the lashes against the eyeball.

epiblepharon
a developmental anomaly in which a horizontal fold of skin stretches across the border of the eyelid, pressing the lashes against the eyeball.

epiblepharon
A congenital anomaly in which a fold of skin lies across the upper or lower lid margin. In the lower eyelid it causes a turning inward of the eyelashes without causing entropion. The condition commonly resolves itself with facial growth. See blepharochalasis; con-genital entropion.


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