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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Surg.) An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.

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  • noun A surgical procedure in which the eyelids are partially sewn together to narrow the opening.

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