microphthalmian.
/ˌmʌɪkrɒfˈθalmɪə/, /ˌmʌɪkrɒpˈθalmɪə/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkrɑpˈθælmiə/, /ˌmaɪkrɑfˈθælmiə/ Medicine.
= microphthalmos n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of eyes
walleye1585
microphthalmy1721
microphthalmos1845
feather1847
cyclopia1849
heterophthalmy1854
irideremia1855
aniridia1860
aphakia1864
heterochromia1889
microphthalmia1890
anisocoria1902
hypertelorism1924
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Microphthalmia, term for a morbid shrinking or wasting of the eyeballs: microphthalmy.]
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 154/2 Microphthalmia, the condition of having an abnormally small eye.
1921 Amer. Naturalist 55 108 Other defects were..microphthalmia and even almost total disappearance of the eyeball.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 256/2 Imperfect development of the eyeballs (microphthalmia) associated with mental defect is one such condition.
1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) ii. 98 Other features of rubella syndrome are..microphthalmia.
1998 Times 25 June 22/4 In every 4,000 to 5,000 births, one baby will either be born with a tiny eye (microphthalmia), or virtually no eye at all (anophthalmia).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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