ophthalmia
IPA: ɑfθˈæɫmiʌ
noun
- (medicine) Synonym of ophthalmitis (“inflammation of the eye”)
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Examples of "ophthalmia" in Sentences
- Braille's other eye went blind because of sympathetic ophthalmia.
- At this instance the nursery was afflicted by the prevalence of ophthalmia.
- At this instance, the nursery was afflicted by the prevalence of ophthalmia.
- They often suffer from ophthalmia, though not in the virulent Egyptian form.
- Hannibal's sight was damaged in his right eye by what was likely ophthalmia.
- In his junior year, he contracted measles, which in his case led to ophthalmia.
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