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Eyelid vs Ablepharia - What's the difference?

eyelid | ablepharia |

As nouns the difference between eyelid and ablepharia

is that eyelid is a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye while ablepharia is (medicine) a congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.

eyelid

English

(wikipedia eyelid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

    • Synonyms

    * blepharon

    Related terms

    * eyebrow * eyelash

    ablepharia

    English

    Noun

  • (medicine) A congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.

    • Derived terms

    * ablepharous

    Related terms

    * ablepharon * ablephary

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