Sclerophthalmia
sclerophthalmia scle·roph·thal·mi·a (sklēr’ŏf-thāl’mē-ə, ŏp-)
n.
A congenital condition in which the opacity of the sclera has advanced over the edge of the cornea so that only a small central area of the cornea remains transparent.
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