Coloboma

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coloboma \Col`o*bo"ma\, n. [NL. fr. Gr. ?, the part taken away
     in mutilation, fr. ? to mutilate.] (Anat. & Med.)
     A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris
     supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]