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Meaning of COLOBOMA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Col`o*bo"ma\, n. [NL. fr. Gr. ?, the part taken away
in mutilation, fr. ? to mutilate.] (Anat. & Med.)
A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris
supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft.
 
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