Sentences with word «lagophthalmos»

Ah, they can, it's called nocturnal lagophthalmos — interesting.

It may be associated with exophthalmos and lagophthalmos common in these dogs.

In medical - speaking, people call it nocturnal lagophthalmos.

This is something that can weird a witness out and has a fancy name: nocturnal lagophthalmos.

As the disease becomes more advanced, exophthalmos becomes more obvious and is associated with secondary problems such as difficulty closing the eyelids (lagophthalmos), and subsequent drying, inflammation, and ulceration of the cornea and / or conjunctiva.

This results from a combination of anatomic features including shallow orbits, exophthalmos, a large eyelid opening (macroblepharon) and lagophthalmos.

Cats with a short flat face or prominent facial folds are more prone to develop this condition, especially if the cat also has lagophthalmos (bulging eyes).

These breeds of cats may have lagophthalmos and they are predisposed to lower eyelid entropion.

The dorsal sclera may be exposed and prominence of the globe may prevent closure of the eyelids while sleeping (nocturnal lagophthalmos).

The UK Kennel Club has taken efforts to redress these associations, with «excessively prominent eyes» and «incomplete blink» (lagophthalmos) identified as points of concern for the French Bulldog in Breed Watch [1].