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单词 ophthalmia
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Definition of ophthalmia in English:

ophthalmia

noun ɒpˈθalmɪəɒfˈθalmɪə
mass nounMedicine
  • Inflammation of the eye, especially conjunctivitis.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The leaves of bael are useful in ophthalmia, deafness, inflammations, catarrh, diabetes and asthmatic complaints.
    • Sympathetic ophthalmia, in which chronic inflammation develops in the uninjured eye, is a potentially serious complication of any severe penetrating eye injury.
    • It is said to be useful in intermittent fevers, ulcers, ophthalmia, pleurisy, etc.
    • Sympathetic ophthalmia is a bilateral panuveitis occurring after penetrating trauma or intraocular surgery.
    • Men developed eye disorders and acute ophthalmia, and some went blind.

Origin

Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, from ophthalmos 'eye'.

 
 

Definition of ophthalmia in US English:

ophthalmia

noun
Medicine
  • Inflammation of the eye, especially conjunctivitis.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sympathetic ophthalmia is a bilateral panuveitis occurring after penetrating trauma or intraocular surgery.
    • The leaves of bael are useful in ophthalmia, deafness, inflammations, catarrh, diabetes and asthmatic complaints.
    • Sympathetic ophthalmia, in which chronic inflammation develops in the uninjured eye, is a potentially serious complication of any severe penetrating eye injury.
    • It is said to be useful in intermittent fevers, ulcers, ophthalmia, pleurisy, etc.
    • Men developed eye disorders and acute ophthalmia, and some went blind.

Origin

Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, from ophthalmos ‘eye’.

 
 
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