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English
Etymology
From blear + eye.
Noun
blear eye (uncountable)
- (medicine) A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter.
, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.:
Lea and Blanchard, successors to
Carey and Co.,
→OCLC,
page 362:
LIPPITU′DO, Ophthal′mia chron′ica of some. Lippitude, Blear eye, Lappa, Lipa, Xerophthal′mia, Lema, Lemē, Glama, Gramia.]
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