prosphysis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πρόσφῠσις (prósphŭsis, “a growing to, clinging to”).
Noun
[edit]prosphysis (countable and uncountable, plural prosphyses)
- (medicine) A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “PROSPHYSIS”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
- “prosphysis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.