See Also: Melophagus(medicine)
Melophagus ovinus(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
scleral(dictionary)
scleral(medicine)
scleral diseases(medicine)
scleral buckling(medicine)
scleral ectasia(medicine)
scleral rigidity(medicine)
scleral ring(medicine)

scleral buckling (medicine) and Melophagus (medicine)


scleral buckling (medicine)


scleral buckling


An operation for retinal detachment which reduces the size of the globe by indenting the sclera so that it approximates the retina.


Melophagus (medicine)


Melophagus


A genus of louse flies (family Hippoboscidae) that includes the ectoparasite of sheep, Melophagus ovinus.

See: Hippobosca.

Origin: G. Melon, sheep, + phagein, to eat