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pterygia


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pterygium  \Pte*ryg"i*um\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Pterygiums},  L. 
  {Pterygia}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  properly  a  dim,  akin  to  ?  a 
  feather.]  (Med.) 
  A  superficial  growth  of  vascular  tissue  radiating  in  a 
  fanlike  manner  from  the  cornea  over  the  surface  of  the  eye. 




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