OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

ophthalmia; ophthalmitis (severe conjunctivitis)

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