Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A malformation consisting of a double row of eyelashes.
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One of the more interesting parts of the late Elizabeth Taylor's beauty life is that she was born with distichiasis -- double rows of eyelashes,...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tom Alderman 2011
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Aberrant cilia, dermoid, distichiasis, Entropion/Ectropion etc. CDRM (German Shepherd Dog Syndrome)
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Aberrant cilia, dermoid, distichiasis, Entropion/Ectropion etc. CDRM (German Shepherd Dog Syndrome)
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Dogs showing evidence of functional abnormality of eyelids or eyelashes (such as, but not limited to, trichiasis, entropion, ectropion, or distichiasis) are to be excused from the ring.
unknown title 2009
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