hydrophthalmos

hydrophthalmos
hy·droph·thal·mos .hī-.dräf-'thal-mäs n general enlargement of the eyeball due to a watery effusion within it

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hy·droph·thal·mos (hi″drof-thalґmos) [hydro- + Gr. ophthalmos eye] 1. a form of glaucoma characterized by marked enlargement and distention of the fibrous coats of the eye; called also buphthalmia, buphthalmos, hydrophthalmia, and hydrophthalmus. 2. congenital glaucoma.

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