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ophthalmia

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oph·thal·mi·a  (f-thlm-, p-)
n.
Inflammation of the eye, especially of the conjunctiva.

[Middle English obtalmia, from Old French obtalmie and Medieval Latin obtalmia, both from Late Latin ophthalmia, from Greek ophthalmi, from ophthalmos, eye; see ophthalmo-.]

ophthalmia [ɒfˈθælmɪə]
n
(Medicine) inflammation of the eye, often including the conjunctiva
[via Late Latin from Greek, from ophthalmos eye; see optic]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ophthalmia - severe conjunctivitis
ophthalmia neonatorum - ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops
conjunctivitis, pinkeye - inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
Translations
ophthalmia [ɒfˈθælmɪə] Noftalmía f
ophthalmia [ɒfˈθælmɪə] noftalmia
ophthalmia [ɒfˈθælmɪə] noftalmia


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Then Deesa would look at his feet and examine his eyes, and turn up the fringes of his mighty ears in case of sores or budding ophthalmia.
And you admit that every thing has a good and also an evil; as ophthalmia is the evil of the eyes and disease of the whole body; as mildew is of corn, and rot of timber, or rust of copper and iron: in everything, or in almost everything, there is an inherent evil and disease?
 
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