Look up: anophthalmia

1. Anophthalmia
   Anophthalmia, also known as anophthalmos (Greek: ανόφθαλμος, "without eye"), is the congenital absence of one or both eyes. It is a medical term that describes the lack of eye of occular tissue and globe from the eye. The absence of the eye will cause a small bony orbit, a constricted muc...
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2. anophthalmia
   Type: Term Pronunciation: an′of-thal′mē-ă Definitions: 1. Congenital absence of all tissues of the eyes. Synonyms: anophthalmos
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3. Anophthalmia
   Anophthalmia: Absence of the eye, as a result of a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers, strictly speaking, to absence of the globe and ocular tissue from the orbit. However, in most cases of anophthalmia, CT scans show some remnants of the globe, indicating they ...
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4. anophthalmia
   2)absence of an eye or eyes in the newborn due to failure of development of the optic cup or to disappearance of the eyes after partial development Category: Medicine
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5. anophthalmia
   Congenital absence of all tissues of the eyes. ... Origin: G. An-priv. + ophthalmos, eye ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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6. anophthalmia
   (an″of-thal´me-ә) a developmental anomaly consisting of complete absence of the eyes or presence of only rudimentary eyes.
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7. anophthalmia
   (from the article `malformation`) Cyclopian malformations with a single median eye occur rarely in man and other animals. More frequent anomalies are anophthalmia (absence of eyes) ...
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8. Anophthalmia
   A rare disorder that affects an unknown exact number of people. It is believed to affect approximately 1 in every 10,000 live births. A baby can be born with this disorder or it can be diagnosed later in life. Anophthalmia means that the globe and eye tissue of the orbit are missing. It can affect one eye or both, which would result in blindne...
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