‖ distichiasis Path.
(dɪstɪˈkaɪəsɪs)
[mod.L., f. distichia, a. Gr. διστιχία a double row, f. δίστιχος (see distich).]
A malformation in which the eyelid has a double row of eyelashes.
| [1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Distichia, a double Row of Hairs on the Eye-Lids.] 1875 H. Walton Dis. Eye 673 The name of distichiasis has been given to this ideal state. |