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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Tarsus

+ Gr.

ῥαφή

seam, fr. [GREEK] to sew.]

(Surg.)

An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.

tarsorrhaphy ‎(plural tarsorrhaphies)

A surgical procedure in which the eyelids are partially sewn together to narrow the opening.