"microphthalmia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microphthalmias [plural]
Etymology: From micr- + ophthalmia. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micr|ophthalmia}} micr- + ophthalmia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} microphthalmia (countable and uncountable, plural microphthalmias)
  1. (pathology) The presence of abnormally small eyes. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: microphthalmos, microphthalmy Related terms: Lenz microphthalmia syndrome, microphthalmous, nanophthalmia Coordinate_terms: nanophthalmia, nanophthalmos Translations (presence of abnormally small eyes): mikroftalmia (Finnish), μικροφθαλμία (mikrofthalmía) [masculine] (Greek)

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