Definitions for pterygia

pterygia pte·ryg·i·um

Spelling: [tuh-rij-ee-uh m]
IPA: /təˈrɪdʒ i əm/

Pterygia is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 331 anagrams from letters in pterygia (aegiprty).

Definitions for pterygia

noun

  1. an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.

Origin of pterygia

1650-60; New Latin Greek pterýgion little wing or fin, equivalent to pteryg- (stem of ptéryx) wing, fin + -ion diminutive suffix

Examples for pterygia

Tension being made on the thread by an assistant, the operator sawed off the pterygium towards the apex by means of the horsehair.

pterygium: a lateral expansion of the snout of some Coleoptera.

The base of the pterygium was then severed with the scalpel for the plastic operation on entropion.

Albucasis, who conveys entire the passage on pterygium from Paul, gives figures of both these instruments.

pterygium should be removed when advancing across the cornea, especially when the pupillary area is becoming involved.

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