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A chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue
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trachoma
Word definitions for trachoma in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trachoma \Tra*cho"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? roughness, fr. ? rough.] (Med.) a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis . It is a chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva -- Tra*chom"a*tous , a.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Trachoma , also called granular conjunctivitis , Egyptian ophthalmia , and blinding trachoma , is an infectious disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis . The infection causes a roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids . This roughening can ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disease of the eyes, 1690s, from Modern Latin trachoma , from Greek trakhoma "roughness," from trakhys "rough."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium (taxlink Chlamydia trachomatis species noshow=1).
Usage examples of trachoma.
They avoided passengers who seemed to be suffering from trachoma or favus.
By the end of the year nearly one million refugees had left Turkey for Greece bringing epidemics of typhus and malaria, trachoma and smallpox.
The people would seem so free of diseases as to be miraculously healthy: no trachoma or leprosy, plague or cholera, those common scourges of primitive times.
Reportedly in the mid-1980s Iraq had a high incidence of trachoma, influenza, measles, whooping cough, and tuberculosis.
Since trachoma is particularly common in the Middle East, this may possibly account for the number of blind beggars featured in the stories of the Arabian Nights.
Upon their arrival at New York, it appeared that the children had contracted a disease of the eyelids, which the doctors of the Immigration Bureau declared to be trachoma, which is contagious, and in adults incurable.
Infected with trachoma, the upper eyelid turns inward so that the lashes slash the cornea as the eye blinks, causing blindness.
Annie, although physically robust, contracted trachoma when she was about five.