Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In teratology, congenital absence of the eyeball.
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- noun medicine The
congenital absence of one or botheyes .
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Examples
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these eye defects, called anophthalmia and microphthalmia, occur in one out of 5,300 births in the U.S. About one out of 10,000 babies are born with amniotic band syndrome.
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Brielle Garrison suffers from anophthalmia, which is a disorder that
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Brielle Garrison suffers from anophthalmia, which is a disorder that results in the absence of ocular tissue and usually develops during pregnancy.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Brielle Garrison suffers from anophthalmia, which is a disorder that results in the absence of ocular tissue.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Brielle Garrison suffers from anophthalmia, which is a disorder that results in the absence of ocular tissue.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Brielle Garrison suffers from anophthalmia, which is a disorder that
WN.com - Articles related to Maternal obesity makes kids prone to inflammatory diseases 2010
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Brielle Garrison suffers from anophthalmia, which is a disorder that results in the absence of ocular tissue and usually develops during pregnancy.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Brielle Garrison suffers from anophthalmia, which is a disorder that NEWS: ONLY ON USA TODAYNew daditude: TV: | Baby names: | Chemicals: |
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A major clinical and laboratory effort is ongoing in clinical and genetic aspects of congenital anophthalmia/microphthalmia.
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Projects based at the Hospital include clinical investigations into the epidemiology of myopia and eye growth, eye trauma and retinal injury, pediatric glaucomas, epidemiology and imaging in retinopathy of prematurity, genetic investigations in myopia and anophthalmia, and congenital ptosis.
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