χήμωσις · chēmōsis — LSJ
an affection of the eyes, like a cockle-shell
an affection of the eyes, when the cornea swells like a cockle-shell (χήμη) so as to impede sight, Gal. 19.436, Dem.Ophth. ap. Orib. Syn. 8.42, Paul.Aeg. 3.22.
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χήμωσις
chemosis · ἡ
an affection of the eyes
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