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STAPHYLOMA

\stˌafɪlˈə͡ʊmə], \stˌafɪlˈə‍ʊmə], \s_t_ˌa_f_ɪ_l_ˈəʊ_m_ə]\

Definitions of STAPHYLOMA

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A bulging of the cornea or sclera due to inflammatory softening.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Corneal or scleral bulging.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A disease of the eye in which the cornca loses its transparency and forms a pearl-coloured projection.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A name given to different tumours of the anterior surface of the globe of the eye.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Protrusion of the sclera or cornea.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A more or less irregular protrusion of some one of the tunics of the eye, due to a thinning or to a perforation from previous ulceration.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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