Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given to certain local bulgings of the eyeball.
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- noun (Med.) A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye.
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- noun medicine A
protrusion of any part of theglobe of theeye .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fourth: That to glaucoma may be added buphthalmos and staphyloma, as diseases often capable of relief by trephining and indeed toward the relief of which trephining is the best form of operation yet presented.
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More than anywhere else was German influence felt in France, and here we must mention in the first place the pupils of Jager: Viktor Stöber (1803-71), professor at Strasburg, and Julius Sichel of Paris (1802-58; choroiditis, glaucoma, cataract, staphyloma).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Antonio Scarpa (1747-1832; staphyloma of the cornea).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The fundus could be clearly seen through all of the pupils, and there was no posterior staphyloma nor any choroidal changes.
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Recently Fuchs 14.133 has reported his experience in cornea-grafting in sections, as a substitute for von Hippel's method, in parenchymatous keratitis and corneal staphyloma, and though not eminently successful himself, he considers the operation worthy of trial in cases that are without help, and doomed to blindness.
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The fundus could be clearly seen through all of the pupils, and there was no posterior staphyloma nor any choroidal changes.
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Recently Fuchs has reported his experience in cornea-grafting in sections, as a substitute for von Hippel's method, in parenchymatous keratitis and corneal staphyloma, and though not eminently successful himself, he considers the operation worthy of trial in cases that are without help, and doomed to blindness.
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Pus may form, and the cornea assumes a yellowish tinge and bursts, giving rise to a deep sore which is liable to extend as an ulcer, and may be in its turn followed by bulging of the cornea at that point (staphyloma).
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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The object of it is to remove an elliptical portion of the front of the staphyloma, or the whole staphyloma, when it is possible, and at the same time to prevent as far as possible the escape of the vitreous.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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_ -- Three, four, or five small curved needles armed with thread are passed through the staphyloma from above downwards, being each entered a little above the line of the intended upper incision, and brought out a little below the line of the intended lower one (Fig. XV.)
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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