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Webster 1913 Edition

Staphyloma

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Staphˊy-lo′ma

(-lō′mȧ)

,

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr.

σταφύλωμα

, from

σταφυλή

a bunch of grapes.]

(Med.)

A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye;

as, a

staphyloma

of the cornea

.