blepharo-
(ˈblɛfərəʊ)
a. Gr. βλέϕαρο-ν eyelid; used in numerous terms of Pathology, etc.: as blephaˈritis, inflammation of the eyelids. ˈblepharoˌplasty, the operation of supplying any deficiency caused by wound or lesion of the eyelid; hence ˌblepharoˈplastic a. ˈblepharospasm, spasm of the orbicular muscle of the eyelids. ˈblepharostat, an instrument for fixing the eyelid during operations in the eye. (Syd. Soc. Lex.)
| 1872 F. Thomas Dis. Women 137 The same relation which blepharospasm [bears] to the lids. 1875 H. Walton Dis. Eye 332 Blepharospasm, by which the eyelids are violently and persistently closed. |
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blepharoplasty: substitute for def.: plastic surgery on the eyelid; (examples); blepharoplastic a. (examples).
| 1841 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 Apr. 149 (heading) Blepharoplastic operations for the restoration of the lower eyelid. 1842 T. D. Mütter On Rec. Improvements in Surg. 33 Adopting..the phraseology of Zeis, I include under the expression plastic surgery, all the specific terms employed in speaking of each particular modification of the principle; such as rhinoplasty when the nose is made,..blepharoplasty when the eyelids, [etc.]. Ibid. 35 Dr. Post of New York has recently published a case of blepharoplastic operation. 1913 Amer. Encycl. & Dict. Ophthalmol. II. 1090 (caption) Richet's blepharoplastic method. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxi. 499 More extensive cicatricial displacement requires some form of blepharoplasty, employing whole or split-skin grafts or flaps of skin taken from the upper lid. 1981 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Apr. 1099/1 Breast enhancement, blepharoplasty, and facelifts seem, perhaps, to have a more positive basis with their aim of making the woman feel and appear more desirable. |