Pterygium (medical condition): Pink growth on the eye's cornea.
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Pterygium: (1) A triangular patch of hypertrophied bulbar subconjunctival tissue, extending from the medial angle or canthus of the eye to the border of the cornea or beyond, with apex pointing toward the pupil. SYN: web eye. (2) Forward growth of the cuticle over the nail plate, seen most commonly in lichen planus. SYN: pterygium unguis. (3) An abnormal skin web. [G. pterygion, anything like a wing, a disease of the eye, dim. of pteryx, wing]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Pterygium: a thickened triangular layer of conjunctiva extending from the nasal edge of the eye to the cornea; pterygia arise from irritation of the pinguecula.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Pterygium: An abnormal triangular fold of membrane in the interpalpebral fissure, extending from the conjunctiva to the cornea, being immovably united to the cornea at its apex, firmly attached to the sclera throughout its middle portion, and merged with the conjunctiva at its base. (Dorland, 27th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007
Pterygium (medical condition): See Pterygium (disease information).
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Pterygium: Pterygium is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
A pterygium is a pinkish, triangular-shaped tissue growth on the cornea. Some pterygia grow slowly throughout a person's life, while others stop growing after a certain point. A pterygium rarely grows so large that it begins to cover the pupil of the eye. (Source: excerpt from Facts About the Cornea and Corneal Disease: NEI)
A pterygium is a pinkish, triangular-shaped tissue growth on the cornea. Some pterygia grow slowly throughout a person's life, while others stop growing after a certain point. A pterygium rarely grows so large that it begins to cover the pupil of the eye. (Source: excerpt from Facts About the Cornea and Corneal Disease: NEI)
These medical disease topics may be related to Pterygium:
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Source - WordNet 2.1
The following list attempts to classify Pterygium into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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