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Webster 1913 Edition
Xerophthalmia
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Xeˊroph-thal′mi-a
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
ξηρόσ
dry + [GREEK] the eye. See Ophthalmia
.] (Med.)
An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.