Blepharoplegia

/ˌblɛfərəˈpliːdʒə/ noun

Paralysis of the eyelid muscles, preventing normal blinking or eye closure.

From Greek blepharon (eyelid) + plēgē (stroke, paralysis). The term combines the anatomical prefix with a medical suffix describing loss of muscle function, evolving in 19th-century medical terminology to describe eye-specific nerve damage.

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