Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) An operation to diminish the size of the opening between eyelids when enlarged by surrounding cicatrices.
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- noun A
surgical procedure in which theeyelids are partiallysewn together tonarrow the opening.
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