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symblepharon
symblepharon[sim′blef·ə‚rän] (medicine) Adhesion of the eyelids to the eyeball. symblepharon
symblepharon [sim-blef´ah-ron] adhesion of an eyelid(s) to the eyeball.sym·bleph·a·ron (sim-blef'ă-ron), Adhesion of one or both eyelids to the eyeball, partial or complete, resulting from burns or other trauma but rarely congenital. Synonym(s): atretoblepharia [sym- + G. blepharon, eyelid] sym·bleph·a·ron (sim-blef'ă-ron) Adhesion of one or both eyelids to the eyeball, partial or complete, resulting from burns, trauma, or cicatricial pemphigoid. See also: blepharosynechia[sym- + G. blepharon, eyelid]symblepharon Adhesion of the layer of CONJUNCTIVA lining the eyelids to the layer lining the eyeball. This results from loss of the ‘non-stick’ epithelial surface layers.symblepharon Adhesion, partial or complete, of the palpebral conjunctiva of the eyelid to the bulbar conjunctiva of the eyeball. It results from disease (e.g. erythema multiforme) or trauma, but is rarely congenital. See Stevens-Johnson syndrome. |