1830 W. Mackenzie x. 333 The ophthalmia which attacked the British and French armies in Egypt was an atmospheric puro-mucous conjunctivitis.
1894 10 Feb. 368/1 The danger of contagion is probably in proportion to the amount of puro-mucous secretion.
1904 L. W. Fox 561 Blepharophthalmia.—Puromucous inflammation of the conjunctiva in its fully formed state.