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  • Anonymous

    Tuh-rij-ee-um…hope that helps, a mouthful indeed. Certainly not uncommon here in sunny Queensland as UV light is one of the strongest risk factors! It is essentially a wing-shaped thickened white tissue that slowly grows over the cornea (the window to our eye).

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