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ophthalmia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ophthalmia has 1 sense
- ophthalmia(n = noun.state) ophthalmitis - severe conjunctivitis; Array has particulars: ophthalmia neonatorum
is a kind of conjunctivitis, pinkeye
CIDE DICTIONARY
ophthalmia, n. [F. ophthalmie, L. ophthalmia, fr. Gr. 'ofqalmi`a, fr. 'ofqalmo`s the eye, akin to E. optic. See Optic.].
An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ophthalmia, n. an inflammation of the eye, esp. conjunctivitis.
Etymology
LL f. Gk f. ophthalmos eye
ROGET THESAURUS
ophthalmia
Dimsightedness
N dimsightedness, dim sight, dull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigmatic sight, failing sight, dimsightedness, purblindness, lippitude, myopia, presbyopia, confusion of vision, astigmatism, color blindness, chromato pseudo blepsis, Daltonism, nyctalopia, strabismus, strabism, squint, blearedness, day blindness, hemeralopia, nystagmus, xanthocyanopia, xanthopsia, cast in the eye, swivel eye, goggle-eyes, obliquity of vision, winking, nictitation, blinkard, albino, dizziness, swimming, scotomy, cataract, ophthalmia, blinker, screen, deceptio visus, refraction, distortion, illusion, false light, anamorphosis, virtual image, spectrum, mirage, looming, phasma, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, vision, specter, apparition, ghost, ignis fatuus, specter of the Brocken, magic mirror, magic lantern, mirror lens, dim-sighted, myopic, presbyopic, astigmatic, moon-eyed, mope-eyed, blear-eyed, goggle-eyed, gooseberry-eyed, one-eyed, blind of one eye, monoculous, half-blind, purblind, cock-eyed, dim-eyed, mole- eyed, dichroic, blind as a bat, winking.
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