hyphema

[hahy-fee-muh]

hy·phe·ma

[hahy-fee-muh]
noun Pathology.
hemorrhage in the anterior chamber of the eye, usually caused by trauma.

Origin:
< Greek hýphaim(os) bloodshot (hyp- hyp- + -(h)aimos, derivative of haîma blood) + -a2
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Hyphema is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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hyphema hy·phe·ma (hī-fē'mə)
n.
Hemorrhage into the anterior chamber of the eye.

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