ophthalmia
- noun
- /ɑfˈθælmiə/
- Specialized
:
oftalmía
- In an "early" case of sympathetic ophthalmia, CD4 T cells expressing high levels of interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2r) on the surface predominated, and dendritic cells were also detected.
- ophthalmia neonatorum
Examples
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Evidence of the continued presence of ophthalmia neonatorum among newborns was still being reported in the 1930s and 40s.
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Soldiers in the Napoleonic campaigns of 1798 through 1802 encountered trachoma in Egypt, where it was called "military" or "Egyptian" ophthalmia.
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He was afflicted by ophthalmia, but neglected for a few days.
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He developed an infection that became purulent ophthalmia and eventually became blind.
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Now, sympathetic ophthalmia is where your body's immune system doesn't just attack the eye that was hurt.
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For example, two of the leading causes of blindness and visual impairment in the United States in the early 1900s were ophthalmia neonatorum and trachoma.
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Of 116 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum treated at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, physicians had delivered 114, and midwives 2 of the infants.
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In 1805, in response to a huge epidemic of Egyptian ophthalmia, the surgeon John Cunningham Saunders founded the London Dispensary for Curing Diseases of the Eye and Ear, the world's first specialist eye hospital.
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The patient was diagnosed with ophthalmia after experiencing severe redness and swelling in her eyes.
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Doctors noted that untreated ophthalmia can lead to serious complications, including permanent vision loss.
Synonyms
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3.8
A contagious infection of the eye that makes it red and produces sticky discharge
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5.5
Red, sore eyes that feel itchy and often have a watery or sticky fluid
A condition that causes severe redness, swelling, and pain in the eye
Compounds
How Severe
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
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5.5
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
ophthalmia = ophthalmic (opaque) = ophthalm + ia
The combining form 'ophthalm-' is specialized and not familiar to average learners, so they cannot reliably infer 'eye inflammation' from the parts.
Etymology
Ophthalmia comes from the Greek root ophthalmos, which means 'eye', and the same root appears in ophthalmologist. So ophthalmia refers to a serious inflammation or infection of the eye.