{ ||Lag`oph*thal"mi*a (?), ||Lag`oph*thal"mos
(?), } n. [NL. lagophtalmia, fr. Gr.
lagw`s hare + 'ofqalmo`s eye; -- so called from
the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open.] (Med.)A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a
peculiar staring appearance.