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ophthalmia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ophthalmia  \Oph*thal"mi*a\,  n.  [F.  ophthalmie,  L.  ophthalmia, 
  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  the  eye,  akin  to  E.  optic.  See  {Optic}.] 
  (Med.) 
  An  inflammation  of  the  membranes  or  coats  of  the  eye  or  of 
  the  eyeball. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ophthalmia 
  n  :  severe  conjunctivitis  [syn:  {ophthalmitis}] 




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