pterygium

pterygium is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye.
2. noun. either of two thickened triangular layers of conjunctiva extending from the nasal edge of the eye to the cornea; it arises from irritation of the pinguecula

Common word forms

pterygiums

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