Tracoma

tra·cho·ma (tr

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)

A contagious disease of the conjunctiva and cornea, caused by the gram-negative bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis and characterized by inflammation, hypertrophy, and formation of granules of adenoid tissue. It is a major cause of blindness in Asia and Africa.

[New Latin trchma, from Greek trkhma, from trkhus, rough.]

tra·choma·tous (-k

-t

s) adj.

trachoma [trəˈkəʊmə]

(Medicine / Pathology) a chronic contagious disease of the eye characterized by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea and the formation of scar tissue, caused by infection with the virus-like bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis

[from New Latin, from Greek trakhōma roughness, from trakhus rough]

trachomatous [trəˈkɒmətəs -ˈkəʊ-] adj

trachoma (tr

-k

)

A contagious disease of the conjunctiva and cornea, caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis and characterized by granules of inflammatory tissue. It is a major cause of blindness in Asia and Africa.

trachoma

a contagious form of conjunctivitis, with the formation of inflammatory granules on the inner surface of the eyelid. — trachomatous, adj.

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