eyelash

eyelash /eye·lash/ (-lash) cilium; one of the hairs growing on the edge of an eyelid.

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eye·lash (lsh)

n.

1. Any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid. Also called cilium.

2. A row of the hairs fringing the eyelid.

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eyelash

Etymology: AS, eage + ME, lasche

one of many stiff hairs like cilia growing in double or triple rows along the border of the eyelids in front of a row of ciliary glands that are in front of a row of meibomian glands.

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eyelash

cilium; one of the hairs growing on the edge of an eyelid.

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Patient discussion about eyelash.

Q. Is it true that when you lose your hair because of chemo, you also lose the eyelashes?

A. the hair loss is all over the body...include ,i guess, the eyelashes...