| pterygium | Origin: NL, fr. Gr, properly a dim, akin to a feather. <medicine> A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pterygium colli | A congenital, usually bilateral, web or tight band of skin of the neck extending from the acromion to the mastoid seen in Turner's syndrome and Noonan's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygium syndrome | <syndrome> Webbing of the neck, antecubital fossae, and popliteal fossae with flexion deformities of the extremities and anomalies of the vertebrae; observed in pseudo-Turner's syndrome and Turner's syndrome; mendelian inheritance of all those kinds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygium unguis | Origin: NL, fr. Gr, properly a dim, akin to a feather. <medicine> A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| popliteal pterygium syndrome | <syndrome> An inherited condition with a web behind the knee. (a pterygium is a winglike triangular membrane.) (12 Dec 1998) |
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| syndrome, popliteal pterygium | An inherited condition with a web behind the knee. (a pterygium is a winglike triangular membrane.) (12 Dec 1998) |