photophthalmian.

1907 J. H. Parsons Dis. Eye x. 211 Electric Light Ophthalmia (Photophthalmia).—The ultraviolet rays of the electric light, especially of the arc lamp, may cause extreme burning pain, lacrymation, photophobia, blepharospasm, and swelling of the palpebral conjunctiva and retrotarsal folds, coming on a few hours later.

1916 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 51 641 An ordinary case of photophthalmia completely disappears in less than a week and repair is going on all through this period.

1947 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 26 Apr. 524/2 Solar photophthalmia occurred in summer months among convoy drivers in the Northern Territory.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 166 Photophthalmia can take place in deserts as well, which can reflect as much as 80 percent of the light that falls.

2002 Surv. Ophthalmol. 46 188/2 Other possible causes of external ocular disease might have included gonorrheal infection, photophthalmia from reflections off sun and water, and conjunctivitis caused by other infectious agents or mechanical irritants.

1913 Proc. 17th Internat. Congr. Med. 9 i. 204 The flash of a short circuit is extremely rich in ultra-violet rays, and to these are to be attributed the photophthalmic symptoms.

1947 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 26 Apr. 524/2 The photophthalmic symptoms are not caused by snow, but by solar energy partly reflected by snow.

1980 Acta Ophthalmologica 58 63 For radiation below 290 nm wavelength..the ascorbic acid should be regarded as a potential target substance which may mediate photophthalmic damage to the tissue.