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PTERYGIUM
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Irregular inflected form: pterygia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two thickened triangular layers of conjunctiva extending from the nasal edge of the eye to the cornea; it arises from irritation of the pinguecula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pterygium" is a kind of...):
conjunctiva (a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid)
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