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xerophthalmia


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Xerophthalmia  \Xe`roph*thal"mi*a\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?;  ?  dry  +  ? 
  the  eye.  See  {Ophthalmia}.]  (Med.) 
  An  abnormal  dryness  of  the  eyeball  produced  usually  by 
  long-continued  inflammation  and  subsequent  atrophy  of  the 
  conjunctiva. 




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