microphthalmic
/ˌmʌɪkrɒfˈθalmɪk/ /ˌmʌɪkrɒpˈθalmɪk/Chiefly Medicine
adjective
Having small eyes; (Medicine ) affected by microphthalmos.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection. From microphthalmos + -ic; in more general sense ‘having small eyes’ perhaps independently from micro- + ophthalmic.
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