aegilops

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Definition of aegilops

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noun

An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.

“If the ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula, which eats into the bone.”
“1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America, If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye.”
“The ægilops is an apostematous swelling between the great canthus and the nose ; and it is an affection difficult to cure, owing to the thinness of the bodies, and the fear of injuring the eye by sympathy.”

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noun

An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.

“If the ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula, which eats into the bone.”
“1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America, If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye.”
“The ægilops is an apostematous swelling between the great canthus and the nose ; and it is an affection difficult to cure, owing to the thinness of the bodies, and the fear of injuring the eye by sympathy.”
(obsolete)Goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.

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From Latin aegilōps, from Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass (Aegilops neglecta)”).

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