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Inflammation of the iris
Answer for the clue "Inflammation of the iris ", 6 letters:
iritis
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Iritis \I*ri"tis\, n. [NL. See Iris , and -itis .] (Med.) An inflammation of the iris of the eye.
Usage examples of iritis.
Williams of this city proving that iritis is best treated without mercury, and Dr.
The winter before, I had a severe attack of iritis, which left my eyes in a very demoralized condition.
Acute traumatic iritis or irido-cyclitis may supervene four or five days after the injury.
This peculiarity was evidently congenital, and no traces of a central pupil nor marks of a past iritis could be found.
Shortly after this his right eye was wounded by a knife, causing traumatic cataract, which was extracted by Sir William Wilde, giving the man good sight for twelve years, after which iritis attacked the right eye and produced a false membrane over the pupil so that the man could not work.