BLEPHARO-CHROMIDROSIS

(Lat.), n. f. Ble?f"’asr-o(o?)-?rom) - i*d - ro’si2s. Gen., blepharo-chromidro's eos (-sis). From BAégapov, the eyelid, xpôyua, color, and idpds, sweat.., blépharo-chromidrase. “ Colored sweat”; a rare affection in which bluish spots of different tints appear on 'the lids, especially in the cutaneous folds. The coloring matter can he wiped off with a cloth dipped in oil or glycerin, but is renewed after a time. Women are more subject to the disease than men. It always begins on the eyelids, and spreads to other parts of the face. The pigment exists either in epithelial cells or as free granules. [Graefe and Saemisch (F).] .),n.f. Ble?f’’a8r-0(02)-kli/(kle?-e/)}- sits, From BAépapoy, the eyelid, and «Aciow (= xAjjors), closure. See ANKYLOBLEPHARON.