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单词 ophthalmitis
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ophthalmitisn.

Brit. /ˌɒfθalˈmʌɪtᵻs/, /ˌɒpθalˈmʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˌɑpθə(l)ˈmaɪdᵻs/, /ˌɑfθə(l)ˈmaɪdᵻs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ophthalmitis.
Etymology: < scientific Latin ophthalmitis (T. Young Introd. Med. Lit. (1813) 213; compare post-classical Latin ophthalmites (1769 or earlier)) < ancient Greek ὀϕθαλμός eye (see ophthalmo- comb. form) + scientific Latin -itis -itis suffix. Compare French ophtalmite (1840). Compare Hellenistic Greek ὀϕθαλμῖτις, an epithet of Athena (as goddess of the moon).Scientific Latin ophthalmitis is also recorded by G. J. Beer ( Lehre von den Augenkrankheiten (1813) I. 383): Beer's work was very influential in ophthalmology.
Medicine.
Inflammation of the eye.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > conjunctivitis or ophthalmitis
ophthalmiaa1398
ophthalmy?a1425
ophthalmic?c1425
chemosis1565
ophthalmitis1822
conjunctivitis1835
panophthalmitis1842
syndesmitis1848
panophthalmia1890
1817 J. M. Good Physiol. Syst. Nosol. 185 The term [sc. ophthalmia] in the present arrangement is used in its limited sense, as importing inflammation accompanied with local pain. It might perhaps have been placed as a species under Empresma, in which case it should have been written ophthalmitis.]
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 408 By Dr. Parr and Dr. Young it is also arranged as a species, and limited to phlogotic action; the second denominating it ophthalmitis, consonantly with the common termination of names.
1833 W. Lawrence Treat. Dis. Eye ii. 74 (heading) Inflammation of the globe (ophthalmitis).
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. viii. 374 Ophthalmitis..is usually the result of injuries.
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Ophthalmitis, inflammation of all the structures of the eye; otherwise called Panophthalmitis. Also, the same as Ophthalmia.
1946 Science 25 Jan. 120/2 ‘The Siamese Twins’ is a discussion of sympathetic ophthalmitis.
1964 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 57 766/1 This finding [sc. eosinophilia] has been noted only in a minority of reported cases of Toxocara ophthalmitis.
1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iv. 571 Severe corneal infections, which may result in loss of the eye, follow eye surgery (postoperative ophthalmitis) or injury.
2003 Jrnl. Wildlife Dis. 39 329 All snakes had severe necrotizing and predominantly granulomatous dermatitis, stomatitis, and ophthalmitis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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