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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr.

τρίξ

τριχός

, hair.]

(Med.)

A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids.

trichiasis ‎(plural trichiases)