Definition of Pterigium

Definition of Pterigium

||Pte*ryg"i*um (?), n.; pl. E. Pterygiums (#), L. Pterygia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, properly a dim, akin to &?; a feather.] (Med.) A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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