Plural of blepharum or blepharon, meaning eyelids, particularly used in older medical terminology when referring to the eyelid structures collectively.
From Greek blephara (eyelids), the plural of blepharum. This Greek root forms the foundation for dozens of eye-related medical terms in English medical vocabulary.
Greek doctors were eye-obsessed: they created so many eyelid-related terms that blephar- became one of medical English's most prolific root words—blephara alone spawns over 40 medical conditions and procedures!
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