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Trichiasis (/ t r ɪ k i ˈ eɪ s ɪ s / trik-ee-AY-sis, / t r ɪ ˈ k aɪ ə s ɪ s / tri-KEYE-ə-sis) [1] is a medical term for abnormally positioned eyelashes that grow back toward the eye, touching the cornea or conjunctiva. This can be caused by infection, inflammation, autoimmune conditions, congenital defects, eyelid agenesis and trauma ...
Unlike other types of electrosurgery, the hyfrecator does not employ a dispersive electrode pad that is attached to the patient in an area not being treated, and that leads back to the apparatus (sometimes loosely but not quite correctly called a "ground pad"). It is designed to work with non-grounded (insulated) patients.
used to determine the intraoccular pressure (IOP) - useful in glaucoma; video link for various types of tonometers. Speculum: to keep the eyes open during any operation Universal eye speculum-do-; heavy instrument and can not keep eyelashes out of the operating field •Guarded eye speculum (left and right)
The eyebrows, eyelids, eyelashes, lacrimal gland and drainage apparatus all play a crucial role with regards to globe protection, lubrication, and minimizing the risk of ocular infection. [1] The adnexal structures also help to keep the cornea moist and clean. One source defines "ocular adnexa" as the orbit, conjunctiva, and eyelids. [2]
Trichomegaly is a condition in which the eyelashes are abnormally long, [1] objectively defined as 12mm or greater in the central area and 8mm in the peripheral. [2] The term was first used by H. Gray in 1944 in a publication in the Stanford Medical Bulletin, [2] though he was only the third person to characterize the disorder; the first two reports were published in German in 1926 and 1931 by ...
Meanwhile, photojournalist Zach D Roberts shared his own photo of Vance taken during a recent speaking engagement, in which a black line was clearly visible under his bottom eyelashes. “I really ...
Inherited eyelash problems are common in some breeds of dogs as well as horses. Eyelashes are an uncommon but not unknown feature in birds. Hornbills have prominent eyelashes (vestigial feathers with no barbs), as do ostriches. Amongst the reptiles, only Eyelash vipers show a set of modified scales over the eyes which look much like eyelashes.
The whisker-like hairs are so long that she can hold them together.