(n.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
(n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
Example Sentences:
(1) A total of 31% of the patients in the nonintubated group reported chronic epiphora during the follow-up period, compared with 6% in the intubated group (p less than 0.003).
(2) Fifteen days later she presented with edema of the right lower eyelid and epiphora.
(3) By day 5, conjunctivitis, chemosis, and epiphora were observed in all of the calves vaccinated ocularly.
(4) 30 patients with epiphora and related complaints were investigated by Radionuclide Dacrocystography.
(5) A cohort of 4,792 infants was observed in order to determine the incidence and natural history of epiphora during the first year of life.
(6) Epiphora caused by obstruction of the nasolacrimal sac was shown by dacryocystography.
(7) The case is described of a 23-year-old female patient presenting with unilateral proptosis, headaches, and transient epiphora.
(8) In two patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca, epiphora did not occur after temporary canalicular occlusion with collagen implants, but did occur after subsequent permanent punctal occlusion.
(9) Reimplantations had been necessary in a certain percentage, dependent upon the primary cause of epiphora.
(10) Twenty-six eyes were asymptomatic for epiphora and normal scans were recorded on all of them.
(11) Dye testing was done bilaterally in 32 subjects with no known abnormalities of lacrimal excretory function; it also was performed on the apparently normal contralateral side of 16 patients with unilateral epiphora.
(12) The described method could become a rhinologic routine procedure in patients with chronic epiphora.
(13) Epiphora is present in 2 to 19 p. 100 of the cases.
(14) At late follow-up, with a median observation period of 5 years, 80% of the patients were completely free of epiphora and 15% had periodic epiphora, which was a considerable improvement over the preoperative condition.
(15) Severe photophobic epiphora, conjunctival injection, and punctate keratitis were also observed.
(16) No significant difference in symptoms of epiphora was observed between the two groups.
(17) Despite diagnosis of dry eye, confirmed by several tests, they complained of epiphora.
(18) Fifty percent of those experimental obstructions resulted in mild intermittent symptoms of epiphora, increased tear film, discomfort, or blurred vision.
(19) Dacryocystorhinostomy is well established as a common surgical approach to the treatment of obstructive epiphora.
(20) Late operations will be necessary for correction of medial and lateral canthal position, epiphora, lower eyelid skin deficiency, and further bony augmentation.
Epistrophe
Definition:
(n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I."
Example Sentences:
(1) The material consists of 71 cases with basilar impression, 8 cases with hypoplasia or absence of the odontoid process, and 7 cases with a congenital atlanto-epistropheal dislocation.
(2) C2 entrapment by the atlanto-epistrophic ligament is discussed in reference to other C2 lesions causing occipital pain.
(3) The condition presents with the following radiological patterns: 1) clear-cut erosions of the articular surfaces, especially in the distal interphalangeal joints of the hands and in the metatarso-phalangeal joints of the feet, with symmetrical distribution (not necessarily); 2) osteolytic punched-out areas in the epiphyseal spongiosa, ranging in size from 1 mm to over 1 cm; 3) no osteoporosis, no osteo-proliferative or periosteal reactions, not even in the presence of large osteoarticular destructions; 4) frequent atlanto-epistropheal subluxation; 5) articular ankylosis at the sacroiliac joints only.
(4) Symptoms were relieved, and C2 sensory function restored by releasing a hypertrophied atlanto-epistrophic ligament entrapping the C2 root and ganglion.