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‖ chemosis Med.|kiːˈməʊsɪs|
[a. Gr. χήµωσις (Galen) ‘an affection of the eyes, when the cornea swells like a cockle-shell (χήµη)’.]
An affection of the conjunctiva of the eye, ‘in which there is effusion into the cellular substance connecting it with the eyeball; which causes it to be elevated and projected over the edge of the cornea’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1708J. Harris Lex. Techn., Chemosis, is the Tumor of the Albugineous Tunick that maketh the Black of the Eye appear Concave. 1875H. Walton Dis. Eye 43 The conjunctiva is swollen, with a vascular chemosis.
Hence cheˈmosed ppl. a. [cf. anastomose], affected with chemosis.
1875H. Walton Dis. Eye 47 Scarification of the chemosed conjunctiva may be requisite. |