kerato-comb. form

1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Keratectasia.

1904 L. W. Fox Dis. Eye vi. 172 Keratectasia. The term applied to the undue protrusion of an opaque cornea as the result of some inflammatory condition.

1918 J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye (ed. 3) xi. 198 As the cicatrix becomes consolidated the bulging may disappear, or it may remain permanently as an ectatic cicatrix (keratectasia from ulcer).

1972 Biol. Abstr. 54 6213/2 Differential diagnosis is discussed for keratoconus, keratectasia,..and corneal transplant marginal degeneration.

1871 W. S. Watson in Lancet 8 July On a new operation ‘Keratectomy’.

1907 J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye xiii. 301 The keratic precipitates..consist of leucocytes which are deposited from the aqueous upon the back of the cornea and stick there.

1955 P. D. Trevor-Roper Ophthalmol. xxiii. 415 The endothelial cells become distended and tacky, so that any corpuscles that have been exuded into the aqueous from the iris and ciliary vessels are liable to adhere, forming keratic precipitates.

1950 A. Rook in Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 43 839 MacCormac and Scarff (1936, Brit. J. Derm., 48, 624), in the first published account of the condition, proposed to name it molluscum sebaceum, but as this term has been employed as synonymous with molluscum contagiosum, we prefer the name kerato-acanthoma which was suggested some years ago by Dr. Freudenthal.

1950 Q. Cumulative Index Medicus 48 1201/2 Kerato-acanthoma (molluscum sebaceum).

1952 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 64 425 I wonder if Dr. Ferguson Smith's cases of multiple self-healing epitheliomata..are really very different from these kerato-acanthomata.

1954 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 June 562/2 Keratoacanthoma enlarges rapidly to maximum size (1 to 2 cm.) in four to eight weeks.

1972 Cancer XXIX. 1387 Histopathologic study of 108 keratoacanthomas and 14 squamous cell carcinomas failed to reveal any consistent single feature allowing for their distinction.

1941 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 24 900 (heading) Kerato~conjunctival lesions observed at high altitudes in Bolivia.

1965 Biol. Abstr. XLVI. 4694/1 Diagnostic value of the keratoconjunctival test in dysentery.

1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Keratoconjunctivitis.

1892 Arch. Ophthalmol. 21 445 On kerato-conjunctivitis of rhino-pharyngeal origin.

1954 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 12) xxxiii. 554 Kerato-conjunctivitis sicca (Sjögren's syndrome), a general systemic disturbance of unknown origin usually occurring in women after the menopause.., is characterized by deficiency of the lacrimal secretion leading to dryness of the eyes.

1960 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 106 162/1 Keratoconjunctivitis in sheep of an infectious character is prevalent in many sheep-breeding districts in Norway.

1972 Biol. Abstr. 54 325/2 An outbreak suspected to be infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis in Zebu cattle was reported in Khartoum, Sudan.

1859 J. Dixon Pract. Study Dis. Eye (ed. 2) 85 Conical Cornea..has also received various other names, as Hyperkeratosis,..Keratoconus, &c.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 511 Imperfect optical iridectomy by Mr. Carter's method..for Keratoconus.

1902 H. W. Stelwagon Treat. Dis. Skin iv. 502 Besnier divides the cases into four classes:..(2) the symmetric keratodermia developing in childhood, of an erythematous and irritable character..; (3) symmetric keratodermia, especially of the feet, developing primarily in isolate foci..; (4) accidental keratodermias.

1933 Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. 27 87 In man a diffuse keratoderma is the result of a different mutation than that causing papular keratoderma.

1967 H. Montgomery Dermatopathol. I. v. 68/2 Recently a 34-year-old woman was seen who had had diffuse keratoderma of the palms and soles all of her life.

1970 Dermatologica CXLI. 321 Localized congenital erythrokeratodermias are a separate entity of keratodermias among erythrodermias and hyperkeratoses.

1972 C. B. S. Schofield Sexually Transmitted Dis. xvi. 183 Skin lesions..are found in about 10 per cent of patients with Reiter's disease... These fully developed lesions are known as keratoderma blenorrhagica, and histologically are indistinguishable from pustular psoriasis.

1923 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 Nov. 1788/2 Levaditi distinguishes the two kinds of active materials or viruses contained in the naso-pharyngeal secretions as ‘salivary keratogenic’ and ‘salivary encephalogenic’, according as they resemble..the herpes virus or ..the encephalitis virus.

1959 Science 26 June 1744/2 The presence of CO₂ at concentrations higher than atmospheric concentrations restricts the ability of the chorion to undergo keratogenic changes.

1971 Dermatologica CXLII. 14 The follicular-keratogenic properties of several fatty acids were investigated.

1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Keratogenous.

1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Keratogenous.

1907 Practitioner Dec. 849 The keratogenous and analgesic properties of picric acid, as exhibited in the treatment of burns.

1951 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 53 474 In the hair, the fibrils..are most pronounced in the keratogenous zone.

1962 Jrnl. Investigative Dermatol. 38 237/1 Keratohyalin granules occur in abundance in epidermal cells located next to the keratogenous zone.

1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Keratohyaline.

1889 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 1 235 Waldeyer held that they [sc. granules] were composed of a solid hyalin-like substance, which he called Keratohyalin.

1937 E. Wolff Dis. Eye i. 13 In the cells of the deeper layers are found numerous granules of keratohyaline.

1972 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 261 416 The three most common amino acid residues in the keratohyalin material..are glutamic acid, glycine and alanine.

1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Kerato-iritis, aquo-membranitis.

1879 J. P. Smith Glaucoma 23 I believe the disease first becomes a ‘kerato-iritis’.

1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Keratoma.

1902 H. W. Stelwagon Treat. Dis. Skin iv. 498 Callositas. Synonyms—Tyloma; Tylosis; Keratoma; Callus.

1931 L. McCarthy Histopathol. Skin Dis. ix. 438 Keratoma senilis is one of the factors that make up the clinical condition known as old-age atrophy of the skin.

1972 Biol. Abstr. 54 374/1 (heading) A case of senile keratoma on the eyelid.

1865 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) Keratomalacia, cerato-malacia.

1886 C. M. Culver tr. E. Landolt Refraction & Accomm. of Eye v. 413 Certain affections of the cornea, as keratomalacia, or central corneal ulcers, may bring about a notable flattening of this membrane.

1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Keratomalacia.

1907 Ophthalmoscope Mar. 143 Two cases of keratomalacia.

1920 Biochem. Jrnl. 14 519 The histological and bacteriological evidence shows that keratomalacia among rats consists in a breakdown of the corneal tissue, caused by bacterial invasion.

1923 Nature 3 Feb. 163/2 Keratomalacia among rats suffering from deficiency of vitamin A.

1969 New Scientist 30 Jan. 227/1 Keratomalacia, scurvy and beriberi are also frequent aftermaths of infection in people living on diets deficient in vitamin A, ascorbic acid, and thiamine respectively.

1886 C. M. Culver tr. E. Landolt Refraction & Accomm. of Eye iv. 330 Javal and Schiötz have adapted a similar disc to their keratometer.

1927 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 10 683/2 In the measurement of irregular astigmatism in the center of the cornea, the keratometer is usually extremely valuable.

1972 J. Stone & A. J. Phillips Contact Lenses iv. 105 Since the optic radii of a contact lens are similar to those of the cornea, a keratometer may be used to check them.

1885 Arch. Ophthalmol. 14 175 The hyperbolic lenses..can be manufactured to order to suit each particular case from data furnished by the keratometric measurements.

1927 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 10 678/1 The accuracy of a keratometric record..depends primarily on having a good modern instrument.

1973 W. G. Sampson in Symposium Contact Lenses (New Orleans Acad. Ophthalm.) ii. 22 Javal's rule was used in the past to estimate the predicted spectacle cylinder from keratometric measurements.

1891 Ophthalmic Rev. X. 250 (heading) Contributions to keratometry.

1972 J. Stone & A. J. Phillips Contact Lenses iv. 105 The central radius is determined by ‘classical’ keratometry.

1883 Ophthalmic Rev. II. 369 (heading) Keratomycosis.

1951 H. L. Birge in A. Sorsby Syst. Ophthalmol. ix. 305 Keratomycosis (moniliasis) is rarely seen in the cold climates, and usually follows some sort of trauma to the eye with an earthy substance.

1971 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 71 1191/2 A fifth case of keratomycosis due to Allescheria boydii is reported.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 172 The anterior operation, invented by Buchorn, or rather by Conradi, has been named keratonyxis.

1874 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (ed. 2) 127 Operation by Solution—Keratonyxis—consists in breaking-up with a fine needle the central portion of the capsule of the lens.

1948 D. G. Cogan et al. in Arch. Ophthalmol. 40 625 The corneal changes are those generally called band keratitis, but, for obvious reasons, are more properly designated as band keratopathy.

1958 Circulation XVIII. 524/2 Lipid keratopathy..consists clinically of a fatty plaque in an area of the cornea that has been previously vascularized.

1972 H. M. Leibowitz in Gasset & Kaufman Soft Contact Lenses xxv. 202 Hydrophilic contact lenses have been found to be extremely useful in the therapy of bullous keratopathy.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 197 Coralines,..sponges, astroites, and keratophytes.

1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Keratoplastic.

1907 W. A. Pusey Princ. & Pract. Dermatol. i. 126 The keratoplastic action that is noted from the application of various powders upon raw epithelial surfaces may be due partly to their drying action.

1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xxv. 522 Chrysarobin is used in skin diseases, especially in psoriasis... In a strength of 10 to 20 per cent it has a keratolytic action while in more dilute form (5 per cent) it exercises a keratoplastic action.

1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 518/1 Keratoplasty.

1888 Arch. Ophthalmol. 17 524 In making his experiments on keratoplasty Wagenmann..first took flaps from the cornea of rabbits which were left in partial communication with it.

1939 E. B. Spaeth Princ. & Pract. Ophthalmic Surg. xvi. 489 Circumscribed or partial penetrating keratoplasty has offered up to the present day the best permanent results.

1948 Sci. News 8 31 This problem has been resolved by keratoplasty, or corneal transplantation.

1972 Arch. Ophthalmol. 87 538/1 Corneas more than 50 hours old and from elderly donors are dependable for use in penetrating keratoplasties.

1886 C. M. Culver tr. E. Landolt Refraction & Accomm. of Eye iv. 329 This author [sc. Placido] uses, as a ‘keratoscope’, a disc of card-board, wood or zinc, 23 centimetres in diameter. On one side is drawn a series of concentric circles, alternately black and white.

1910 H. C. Parker Handbk. Dis. Eye 81 The cone is observed by inspection..with an instrument known as the keratoscope.

1972 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 62 169/1 In a conventional keratoscope, light from a flat or curved target subtending about 150° at the eye is specularly reflected by the anterior surface of the cornea.

1882 C. Macnamara Man. Dis. Eye (ed. 4) ii. 40 Keratoscopy may assist us in forming a diagnosis.

1902 E. H. Lendon Method of Cuignet 5 The word ‘Keratoscopy’ has now come..to be equivalent to ‘Shadow Test’.

1972 Feldman & Carney in Gasset & Kaufman Soft Contact Lenses xxxiii. 269 By using photoelectric keratoscopy and lenses designed by computer to fit the measured eye, we were able to resolve these problems.

1885 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. I. 419/2 (heading) Laminated epithelial plugs (Keratosis obturans, Wreden, Burnett).

1887 J. Hutchinson (title) On Some Examples of Arsenic Keratosis.

1888 Trans. Path. Soc. London XXXIX. 357 That the keratoses were in their turn due to arsenic no one will, I think, doubt.

1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VII. 109/2 Keratosis was applied to the condition by Kaposi, who believed it to be due to a transformation from the opaline plaque.

1926 A. M. Carr-Saunders Eugenics iii. 54 Keratosis (warts and callosities on the palms and the soles).

1939 Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. 39 235 A unique case of tumor-like keratoses developing on the dorsum of the hands after severe sunburn is reported.

1966 G. P. Wright & W. S. Symmers Systemic Pathol. II. xxiv. 1487/2 The type of keratosis that is caused by arsenic has a microscopical picture much less complex than that of senile and solar keratosis.

1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Jan. 2/1 These brown spots..can be generally called senile keratoses, although they are not all of the same type.

1934 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 46 162 Keratotic lesions..were observed with this distribution in nine of the ten cases.

1972 Arch. Dermatol. 105 249/3 An 18-year-old daughter of the patient..began developing firm keratotic papules on her thighs at the age of 13.

1972 C. B. S. Schofield Sexually Transmitted Dis. xvi. 183 The lesions tend.., if dry, to develop keratotic crusts.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 79 Boeckmann and Kaurin have found Keratotomy sometimes of use in saving a cornea from a growth [of leprosy] encroaching from the sclerotic.