microblepharia

microblepharia

 [mi″kro-blĕ-far´e-ah]

abnormal shortness of the vertical dimensions of the eyelids.

Microblepharia. From Dorland's, 2000.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

mi·cro·bleph·a·ron

(mī'krō-blef'ă-ron),

Eyelids with abnormal vertical shortness.

Synonym(s): microblepharia, microblepharism

[micro + G. blepharon, eyelid + -ia, condition]

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