A variant anatomical or medical term referring to absence of eyes or eye defect; similar to anophthalmos with variant Latin nomenclature.
From Greek 'an-' (without) + 'ophthalmos' (eye) + Latin '-us' (masculine noun ending). Alternative Latinized form of the same medical condition.
Medical Latin shows how terminology evolved—anophthalmos versus anophthalmus represent different Latinization choices made at different times, much like how biological taxonomy debates genus names today.
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