OPHTHALMIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Severe conjunctivitis

Synonyms:

ophthalmia; ophthalmitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ophthalmia" is a kind of...):

conjunctivitis; pinkeye (inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ophthalmia"):

ophthalmia neonatorum (ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops)

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