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Definition of Ablepharia
1. Noun. A congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete).
Definition of Ablepharia
1. Noun. (medicine) A congenital absence of eyelids ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ablepharia
1. Congenital absence, partial or complete, of the eyelids; recessive inheritance. See: cryptophthalmus. Origin: G. A-priv. + blepharon, eyelid (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablepharia
Literary usage of Ablepharia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern ophthalmology: A Practical Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, and by James Moores Ball (1908)
"The following conditions have found :— ablepharia.—Partial or complete absence
of the lids may occur on one or both sides, and is a rare defect. ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Ophthalmology by Lawrance Webster Fox (1920)
"The less common malformations are complete absence (ablepharia totalis}, ...
The following case of ablepharia partialis reported by the author is of ..."
3. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1913)
"... or their partial development (ablepharia partialis), is a rare anomaly.
If the defect is of such a nature that the lids are wanting and the orbit ..."
4. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs, Alexander Duane (1899)
"... distichiasis, abnormal narrowness of the lids, and, as the extreme degree of
the latter condition, entire absence of the lids (ablepharia) ; furthermore ..."
5. A Text book of ophthalmology by John Westley Wright (1896)
"ABLATIO RETINA (ab-la'-she-o rel'ina). A detachment of the retina.
ablepharia (ah-blef-ar'-e-ah). A total or partial absence of the eye-lids. ..."
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