(from ἀγκυλος bent, and βλέφαρον an eye-lid); a disease of the eye, which closes the eye-lids. Sometimes the eye-lids grow together, and also to the tunic albucina of the eye, from carelessness when there is an ulcer in these parts. Both these cases are called *ancyloblepharon* by the Greeks. This disorder must be distinguished from that coalition of the eye-lids which happens from viscid matter glueing them together. If the cohesion is on the cornea, the sight is inevitably lost. This hath sometimes happened in the small-pox. If there is only a growing together of the eye-lids, they may be separated with the specillum, and pledgets kept between them to prevent their reunion. If the eye-lids adhere to the eye, they are to be separated by a fine-edged knife; and their re-union is to be prevented by a proper use of injections, and lint placed between them, after dipping it in some proper liniment.