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coloboma

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col·o·bo·ma  (kl-bm)
n. pl. col·o·bo·ma·ta (-m-t)
An anomaly of the eye, usually a developmental defect, that often results in some loss of vision.

[New Latin colobma, from Greek kolobma, part removed in mutilation, from koloboun, to mutilate, from kolobos, maimed.]

colo·boma·tous adj.

coloboma [ˌkɒləˈbəʊmə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a structural defect of the eye, esp in the choroid, retina, or iris
[New Latin, from Greek kolobōma a part taken away in mutilation, from kolobos cut short]


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