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coloboma

/ ËŒ°ìÉ’±ôəˈ²úəʊ³¾É™ /

noun

  1. a structural defect of the eye, esp in the choroid, retina, or iris
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of coloboma1

C19: New Latin, from Greek °ì´Ç±ô´Ç²úų¾²¹ a part taken away in mutilation, from kolobos cut short
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Both Julia and Madeleine have a coloboma of the iris - a rare eye abnormality that affects one in every 10,000 babies.

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The litter's two female cubs also have coloboma, but not to the same degree.

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She doesn’t mind when her peers at Dunbar Middle School ask about her eyes - she has coloboma, which means her iris isn’t closed entirely, giving her eyes a cat-like appearance.

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She has detached retinas, glaucoma and coloboma, a hole in part of her eye.

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Ms. Negrin, who has coloboma, a that perforates a structure of the eye and afflicts about 1 in 10,000 people, is an employee at OrCam, an Israeli start-up that has developed a camera-based system intended to give the visually impaired the ability to both “read†easily and move freely.

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