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Pterygium is tissue that grows from the conjunctiva of the eye onto the surface of the cornea.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 20, 2006
Pinguecula and pterygium are both non-malignant, slow-growing proliferations of conjunctival connective tissue in the eye. Pterygia, but not pingueculae, extend over the cornea.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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