prosphysis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πρόσφῠσις (prósphusis, a growing to, clinging to).

Noun[edit]

prosphysis (countable and uncountable, plural prosphyses)

  1. (medicine) A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball.[1]

References[edit]

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    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: