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TRACHOMA

\tɹakˈə͡ʊmə], \tɹakˈə‍ʊmə], \t_ɹ_a_k_ˈəʊ_m_ə]\

Definitions of TRACHOMA

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A chronic infection of the conjunctiva and cornea caused by CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Contagious granular conjunctivitis, granular lids; a chronic contagious inflammation, with hypertrophy, of the conjunctiva, marked by the formation of minute grayish or yellowish translucent granules of adenoid tissue.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Disease of the conjunctiva, with granular inflammation.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A granular condition of the mucous lining of the eyelids, a serious affection.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Contagious granular conjunctivitis.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Granular conjunctivitis. A contagious inflammatory disease of the palpebral conjunctiva, which becomes thickened, vascular, and covered with granular elevations which may ulcerate and cicatrize. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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