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i·ri·des

 (ī′rĭ-dēz′, ĭr′ĭ-)
n.
A plural of iris.
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i•ris

(ˈaɪ rɪs)

n., pl. i•ris•es; esp. for 1,8 ir•i•des (ˈɪr ɪˌdiz, ˈaɪ rɪ-) for 2,3 i•ris; n.
1. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing an opening, the pupil, in its center.
2. any plant of the genus Iris, having flowers with three upright petals and three drooping, petallike sepals.
3. a flower of this plant.
4. (cap.) an ancient Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.
5. a rainbow.
v.i.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Īris, īris < Greek Îris, îris rainbow]
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This mentioned patient had a dark brown residual iris, implicating eventually a higher risk for pigmented dispersion in patients with dark irides. We were not able to differentiate the cause for IOP decompensation in the other patients (decompensated glaucoma versus artificial iris implantation).
Patients present with congenital sensorineural deafness, heterochromic irides, skin and hair hypopigmentation and various eye abnormalities.2 We report a series of four patients having specific features of this syndrome.
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This situation can be observed in patients with albinism, who have white skin and hair, as well as red irides (colored only by blood in the iris capillaries).
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Each bird was sexed by dissection and aged as after second year (ASY), noting that each bird had white irides, a characteristic associated with most Cassin's Auklets of this age class (Manuwal 1978; Emslie and others 1990; Pyle 2008).
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