trachoma – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
trachoma
n.
contagious form of conjunctivitis, eye disease
Trachoma
Trachoma, also called
granular conjunctivitis,
Egyptian ophthalmia, and
blinding trachoma, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium
Chlamydia trachomatis. The infection causes a
roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids. This roughening can lead to pain in the eyes, breakdown of the outer surface or
cornea of the eyes, and possibly
blindness. Untreated, repeated trachoma infections can result in a form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward.
trachoma
Noun
1. a chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue
(hypernym) eye disease
trachoma
Synonyms and related words:
ablepsia, amaurosis, benightedness, blepharitis, blind side, blind spot, blindfolding, blinding, blindness, blurring the eyes, cataract, cecity, choroiditis, conjunctivitis, cross-eye, darkness, defective vision, depriving of sight, detached retina, dim-sightedness, drop serene, economic blindness, esotropia, ever-during dark, excecation, eye defect, eyelessness, glaucoma, gutta serena, hoodwinking, iritis, keratitis, lack of vision, making blind, niphablepsia, optic neuritis, partial blindness, pink eye, psychic blindness, reduced sight, retinoblastoma, sightless eyes, sightlessness, snow blindness, soul-blindness, spiritual blindness, stone-blindness, sty, total blindness, unenlightenment, unseeingness, uveitis, walleye
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