DISTICH I AS IS

(Lat.), n. f. Di2s-ti2k(ti2ch2)-ia-a(a3)'si2s, -i(ia)'a2s(a3s)-ias. Gen., distich i as'eos (-is). Gr., itorixi'ao-is (from iis, twice, and ori'xos, a row). Fr., d., distichiase. Ger., Distichiase. It., distich i as i. Sp., distiquia. A vicious direction of some of the eyelashes, so that they are arranged more or le regularly in two rows, the affected ones lying against the eyeball, where they cause irritation and inflammation. [A, 325 (a, 21).] [s. 598]