xerophthalmia

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

xerophthalmia(n = noun.state) conjunctivitis arida, xeroma, xerophthalmus - abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A; Array

is a kind of dryness, waterlessness, xerotes

xerophthalmia, n. [L., fr. Gr. ; dry + the eye. See Ophthalmia.].

An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva. [1913 Webster]

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