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Categories: Disorders of conjunctiva, RTT, Eye surgery, Articles with short description

pterygium pterygium of the eye Surfer's Eye

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 WordNet 3.0

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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A pterygium of the eye is a pinkish, roughly triangular tissue growth of the conjunctiva onto the cornea of the eye. Wikipedia

Triangular tissue growth on the cornea of the eye, often on both eyes, which typically starts on the cornea near the nose, and which may slowly grow but rarely so large that it covers the pupil and impairs vision Wikidata

IS A

conjunctiva

pinguecula

corneal disease

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

DIFFERENT FROM

pterygium

HEALTH SPECIALTY

ophthalmology

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

pterygium