Congenital Abnormality
blepharophimosis
Subclass of:
Eye Abnormalities;
Eyelid Diseases
Definitions related to blepharophimosis:
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A fixed reduction in the vertical distance between the upper and lower eyelids with short palpebral fissures.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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The abnormal narrowness of the palpebral fissure in the horizontal direction caused by the lateral displacement of the medial canthi of the eyelids. (Dorland, 27th ed)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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