Standard Terminology for the Periorbital Region

A detailed description of the anatomic features of the periorbital region is available for reference.

The definitions are listed alphabetically based on the physical feature, not the modifier.

• Ablepharon
• Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum: See Ankyloblepharon
• Ankyloblepharon
• Antimongoloid Slant: See Palpebral Fissure, Downslanted
• Atrichia: See Eyelashes, Sparse
• Blepharochalasis
• Blepharophimosis
• Blepharoptosis: See Ptosis
• Ciliary Trichomegaly: See Eyelashes, Long
• Cryptophthalmos
• Dystopia Canthorum: See Telecanthus
• Ectropion
• Entropion
• Epiblepharon
• Epicanthal Fold: See Epicanthus
• Epicanthus Inversus
• Epicanthus
• Eye, Deeply Set
• Eyebrow, Broad
• Eyebrow, Bushy: See Eyebrow, Thick
• Eyebrow, Highly Arched
• Eyebrow, Hirsutism of: See Eyebrow, Thick
• Eyebrow, Horizontal
• Eyebrow, Hypertrichosis of the: See Eyebrow, Thick
• Eyebrow, Laterally Extended
• Eyebrow, Sparse
• Eyebrow, Straight: See Eyebrow, Horizontal
• Eyebrow, Thick
• Eyelashes, Absent
• Eyelashes, Long
• Eyelashes, Prominent
• Eyelashes, Sparse
• Eyelid, Cleft
• Eyelid, Coloboma of: See Eyelid, Cleft
• Eyelid, Notched: See Eyelid, Cleft
• Eyes, Closely Spaced
• Eyes, Widely Spaced
• Hypertelorism: See Eyes, Widely Spaced
• Hypotelorism: See Eyes, Closely Spaced
• Hypotrichosis: See Eyelashes, Sparse
• Hypotrichosis: See Eyebrow, Sparse
• Infra-Orbital Crease
• Infra-Orbital Fold
• Lacrimal Punctum, Absence
• Lacrimal Punctum, Ectopic
• Lagophthalmos
• Mongoloid Slant: See Palpebral Fissure, Upslanted
• Palpebral Fissure, Almond-Shaped
• Palpebral Fissure, Downslanted
• Palpebral Fissure, Long
• Palpebral Fissure, Short
• Palpebral Fissure, Upslanted
• Proptosis
• Ptosis
• Synophrys
• Telecanthus
• Upper Eyelid, Fullness of