TRACHOMA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A chronic contagious disease caused by a bacterium and marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

eye disease (any disease of the eye)

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