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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] to + [GREEK] to grow.]

(Med.)

A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.

Dunglison.

prosphysis ‎(plural prosphyses)

(medicine) A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.
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