blepharospasm
spasmodic winking.
Origin of blepharospasm
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How to use blepharospasm in a sentence
Gruel says Pellicano is broke and nearly blind due to an eye condition called spasmodic blepharospasm.
Will Celebrity Snoop Anthony Pellicano Get Sprung? | Christine Pelisek | June 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLeber has recently joined those cases which are described as blindness through blepharospasm, to amblyopia from disuse.
Schweigger on Squint | C. SchweiggerIt is useful in some cases of blepharospasm associated with fissure at the outer canthus.
Sometimes all the muscles are involved, sometimes only one, for example the orbicularis oculi (palpebrarum)—blepharospasm.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
British Dictionary definitions for blepharospasm
/ (ˈblɛfərəʊˌspæzəm) /
spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
Origin of blepharospasm
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