Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In medicine, a disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion from the Meibomian glands; lippitude. Also called blear-eyedness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter.

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  • noun medicine A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter.

Etymologies

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blear +‎ eye

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