Definition of xerophthalmia in English:
xerophthalmia
noun ˌzɪərɒfˈθalmɪəˌzɛrɒfˈθalmɪə
mass nounMedicine Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye, with inflammation and ridge formation, typically associated with vitamin A deficiency.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the early 1990s, results from observational studies showed an increased mortality among children with clinical xerophthalmia.
- A guide to their use in the treatment and prevention of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia.
- Of these, 9 children had overt vitamin A deficiency as evident by the presence of xerophthalmia.
- The abundant vitamin A contained in these foods can prevent vision decline and eye diseases like coronal dryness, night blindness and xerophthalmia, another form of dryness in the eye.
- This product has lost most of its vitamins A and D, which are needed to ward off xerophthalmia (an eye disease) and rickets.