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Exophthalmia

Exophthalmia \Ex`oph*thal"mi*a\, n. [Nl.,fr. Gr. ? with prominent eyes; ? out + ? the eye.] (Med.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.

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exophthalmia

n. (context medicine English) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.

Usage examples of "exophthalmia".

In these animals modified by heredity, the two eyes generally protruded, although in the parents usually only one showed exophthalmia, the lesion having been made in most cases only on one of the corpora restiformia.

Exophthalmia in animals born of parents in which an injury to the restiform body had produced that protrusion of the eyeball.

In these animals modified by heredity, the two eyes generally protruded, although in the parents usually only one showed exophthalmia, the lesion having been made in most cases only on one of the corpora restiformia.