different between eyelid vs conjunctivochalasis

English

Etymology

From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, ei?elid, eghe-lydd, y?e-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, equivalent to eye +? lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”).

Generally superseded non-native Middle English palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.l?d/

Noun

eyelid (plural eyelids)

1. A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

Synonyms

• blepharon
• palpebra

Synonyms

• blepharon

Derived terms

• bat an eyelid
• eyelidded
• eyelidless
• hang by the eyelids

Related terms

• eyebrow
• eyelash

Translations

English

Noun

conjunctivochalasis (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A condition where the eye surface has excess folds of the conjunctiva located between the globe of the eye and the eyelid margin.

   The symptoms of conjunctivochalasis range from dry eye, epiphora, and irritation, to localized pain, foreign body sensation, subconjunctival hemorrhage, and ulceration.

Related terms

• chalazion