chemosis

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chemosis has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

chemosisn. [NL., fr. Gr. a swelling of the cornea resembling a cockleshell, fr. a gaping, hence a cockleshell.].
     Inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surrounding the cornea.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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