nanophthalmos

nanophthalmos
n.
a congenitally small eye in which all the structures are proportionally reduced.

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nan·oph·thal·mos (nan″of-thalґməs) [nan- + Gr. ophthalmos eye] microphthalmos in an eye that is otherwise normal; a nanophthalmic eye is very hyperopic and prone to angle-closure glaucoma.

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