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PALPEBRAL FISSURE

\pˈalpɛbɹə͡l fˈɪʃə], \pˈalpɛbɹə‍l fˈɪʃə], \p_ˈa_l_p_ɛ_b_ɹ_əl f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə]\

Definitions of PALPEBRAL FISSURE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The slit or opening between the eyelids.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The opening between the upper and lower lids extending from the internal to the external canthus.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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