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PINK-EYE

\pˈɪŋkˈa͡ɪ], \pˈɪŋkˈa‍ɪ], \p_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ˈaɪ]\

Definitions of PINK-EYE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Contagious bacillary conjunctivitis.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See pink-eye, under separate head.
An acute catarrhal conjunctivitis, giving a pink or red appearance to the eyeball.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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