ophthalmia noun.
[ɒf'Ɵalmɪǝ] LME.[Late Latin from Greek, from
ophthalmos eye: see
-IA1.]
Medicine. Inflammation of the eye;
esp. conjunctivitis.
ophthalmia neonatorum
[,ni:ǝʊnǝ'tɔ:rǝm] [mod. Latin = of the newborn: cf. NEONATE] a form of conjunctivitis occurring in newborn infants.
sympathetic ophthalmia: see
SYMPATHETIC adjective.
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