1 Sky This Week for August 5 to August 14, 2016. 2  Perseid meteor shower set for its best show in nearly 20 years. 3  Open cluster NGC 5822, spiral galaxy NGC 5962, and spiral galaxy NGC 5965.  Sky This Week for July 29 to August 7, 2016.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Blepharochalasis. Blepharochalasis is an inflammation of the eyelid that is characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue, leading to the formation of redundant folds over the lid margins.
Mycobacterium leprae, also known as Hansenâs bacillus spirilly, mostly found in warm tropical countries, is a bacterium that causes leprosy. It is an intracellular, pleomorphic, acid-fast, pathogenic bacterium. M. leprae is an aerobic bacillus surrounded by the characteristic waxy coating unique to mycobacteria. In size and shape, it closely resembles Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Due to its thick waxy coating, M. leprae stains with a carbol fuchsin rather than with the traditional Gram ...