lagophthalmos

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun lagophthalmos has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

lagophthalmosn. [NL. lagophtalmia, fr. Gr. lagw`s hare + 'ofqalmo`s eye; -- so called from the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open.].
     A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.  [1913 Webster]

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