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buphthalmos

buphthalmos noun: abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.

Noun

buphthalmos (uncountable)

  1. Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
    Synonyms:
    buphthalmia

buphthalmos meaning in Tamil

buphthalmos in Tamil

மாட்டுவிழி

Synonyms of buphthalmos

Origin of buphthalmos

From Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox or cow”) + Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”), referring to the bulging eyes common to bovines.

Questions about buphthalmos

What does buphthalmos mean?
Buphthalmos means abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
What is buphthalmos in Tamil?
Buphthalmos in Tamil is மாட்டுவிழி. See Buphthalmos meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is buphthalmos?
Buphthalmos is a noun.

Words near buphthalmos in the dictionary

  1. buphedrone
  2. buphenine
  3. buphthalmia
  4. buphthalmias
  5. buphthalmic
  6. buphthalmos
  7. bupicomide
  8. bupirimate
  9. bupivacain
  10. bupivacaine
  11. bupivicaine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buphthalmos (page history and authors); buphthalmos (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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