BUPHTHALMIA
\bʌfθˈalmi͡ə], \bʌfθˈalmiə], \b_ʌ_f_θ_ˈa_l_m_iə]\
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Under this name, the generality of authors have designated the first stage of hydrophthalmia. Others, with Sabatier, mean by it, turgescence of the vitreous humour, which, by pushing the iris forwards, forms around the crystalline a sort of border.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Greek] Marked distention of the eye in all its parts; a disease, occurring congenitally or in infancy, probably akin to glaucoma in adults.
By Alexander Duane
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Enlargement of the eye; keratoglobus.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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