- xerophthalmic
- adjective see xerophthalmia
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
xerophthalmic
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xerophthalmic — adjective Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia. After becoming deficient in vitamin A, the patient became xerophthalmic … Wiktionary
xerophthalmic — See xerophthalmia. * * * … Universalium
xerophthalmic — adj. suffering from a type of eye disease causing dryness of the eye (Medicine, Ophthalmology) … English contemporary dictionary
xerophthalmic — xe·roph·thal·mic … English syllables
xerophthalmic — adjective see xerophthalmia … Useful english dictionary
xerophthalmia — xerophthalmic, adj. /zear of thal mee euh, op /, n. Ophthalm. abnormal dryness of the eyeball characterized by conjunctivitis, caused by a deficiency of tears and attributed to a lack of vitamin A. [1650 60; XER + OPHTHALMIA] * * * … Universalium
xerophthalmia — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek xērophthalmia, from xēr xer + ophthalmia ophthalmia Date: circa 1656 a dry thickened lusterless condition of the eyeball resulting especially from a severe systemic deficiency of vitamin A • xerophthalmic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
xerophthalmia — [zir΄äf thal′mē ə] n. [LL < Gr xērophthalmia: see XERO & OPHTHALMIA] a form of conjunctivitis characterized by a dry and lusterless condition of the eyeball and caused by a deficiency of vitamin A xerophthalmic adj … English World dictionary
