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.
Practice Essentials. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a clinical syndrome in which a decreased number of circulating platelets (thrombocytopenia) (see the image below) manifests as a bleeding tendency, easy bruising (purpura), or extravasation of blood from capillaries into skin and mucous membranes (petechiae).