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  2. Blepharitis - Wikipedia

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    Blepharitis, sometimes known as granulated eyelids, is one of the most common ocular conditions characterized by inflammation, scaling, reddening, and crusting of the eyelid. This condition may also cause swelling, burning, itching, or a grainy sensation when introducing foreign objects or substances to the eye.

  3. Dacryoadenitis - Wikipedia

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    Swelling of the outer portion of the upper lid, with possible redness and tenderness; Pain in the area of swelling; Excess tearing or discharge;

  4. Dalrymple's sign - Wikipedia

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    Dalrymple's sign is a widened palpebral (eyelid) opening, or eyelid spasm, seen in thyrotoxicosis (as seen in Graves' disease, exophthalmic goitre and other hyperthyroid conditions), causing abnormal wideness of the palpebral fissure.

  5. Periorbital puffiness - Wikipedia

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    Blepharochalasis – An immune-mediated inflammation of the eyelid that is characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue, leading to the formation of redundant folds over the lid margins. It typically affects only the upper eyelids, and may be unilateral ...

  6. Blepharochalasis - Wikipedia

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    Blepharochalasis is an inflammation of the eyelid that is characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue, leading to the formation of redundant folds over the lid margins. It typically affects only the upper eyelids, and may be unilateral as well as ...

  7. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    of or pertaining to the cilia, the eyelashes; eyelids Latin cilium, eyelash; eyelid ciliary: circum-denoting something as 'around' another Latin circum, around circumcision: cis-on this side Latin cis: cisgender-clast: break Greek κλαστός (klastós), broken osteoclast: clostr-spindle Greek κλωστήρ (klōstḗr), spindle, thread ...

  8. Eyelid - Wikipedia

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    The upper eyelid crease is a common variation between people of White and East Asian ethnicities. [9] Westerners commonly perceive the East Asian upper eyelid as a "single eyelid". [9] However, East Asian eyelids are divided into three types – single, low, and double – based on the presence or position of the lid crease. [10]

  9. Benign fasciculation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Benign fasciculation syndrome (BFS) is characterized by fasciculation (twitching) of voluntary muscles in the body. [1] The twitching can occur in any voluntary muscle group but is most common in the eyelids, arms, hands, fingers, legs, and feet.