Aegilops
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Origin
From Latin aegilops, from Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigilops, "haver-grass, ") ( <= Aegilops ovata), an herb of which goats are fond.
Full definition of aegilops
Noun
aegilops
(plural aegilopses)- An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
- 1823, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 6th Edition, Volume 2, page 205,If the ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula, which eats into the bone.
- 1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America,If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye.
- 1846, Paul of Aegina, (translator), The Seven Books of Paulus Ægineta, Volume 2, page 284,The ægilops is an apostematous swelling between the great canthus and the nose ; and it is an affection difficult to cure, owing to the thinness of the bodies, and the fear of injuring the eye by sympathy.
- (obsolete) The wild-oat or other grass found as a corn-weed.