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Definition of Monophthalmos
1. Noun. A general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC).
Medical Definition of Monophthalmos
1. Failure of outgrowth of a primary optic vesicle with absence of ocular tissues; the remaining eye is often maldeveloped. Origin: mono-+ G. Ophthalmos, eye (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monophthalmos
Literary usage of Monophthalmos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"Child four weeks old (monophthalmos). At the outer carit I,M of the right lid is
a pedunculated fibro- ..."
2. Ophthalmic review (1889)
"Unilateral Anophthalmos or monophthalmos, is, judging from statistics, ...
Developmentally, then, these cases of monophthalmos are to be explained by an ..."
3. Hellenic Civilization by George Willis Botsford (1915)
"They are as follows: At some period before the date of the mortgage Antigonus
monophthalmos, in control of Asia Minor with the title of king from 306 to 301 ..."
4. The History of Greece from Its Commencement to the Close of the Independence by Adolf Holm (1902)
"He was of lofty stature, but one- eyed, and therefore called monophthalmos and
also Cyclops. Antigonus was a circumspect methodical man who amassed money. ..."
5. A Manual of Greek Historical Inscriptions by Edward Lee Hicks (1882)
"... «M, 153- Antigonos (monophthalmos\ 712. opposed by Ptolemy, Seleukos, Kassander,
241, 282, 285. assumes the title of king, 247. his letters to Teos, ..."
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