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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The operation of slitting up the outer canthus, or corner of the eye, so as to enlarge the opening between the lids.

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

  • noun (Surg.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

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  • noun surgery The operation of forming a new canthus.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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