ophthalmia

/ɔf'θælmiə/ Cách viết khác : (ophthalmitis) /,ɔfθæl'maitis/

Thân thiện

The patient rests in a clinic chair while a doctor examines his swollen, red, and watery eyes caused by ophthalmia.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A severe inflammation of the conjunctiva or the eyeball: "Ophthalmia" is a medical term for a serious and often painful inflammatory condition affecting the eye, particularly the conjunctiva (the membrane covering the white of the eye and lining the eyelids). It is characterized by redness, swelling, and discharge.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient was diagnosed with ophthalmia and required immediate treatment.
  • Ophthalmia neonatorum is a severe form of conjunctivitis in newborns.

Advanced Usage

• "Sympathetic ophthalmia": A rare, bilateral inflammatory condition where an injury to one eye triggers a severe autoimmune response in the other, uninjured eye.
  • After the accident, doctors monitored him closely for signs of sympathetic ophthalmia.

Variants and Related Words

• Ophthalmitis (n): An alternative term for ophthalmia, meaning inflammation of the eye.
  • The terms "ophthalmia" and "ophthalmitis" are often used interchangeably in medical literature.

Synonyms

• Severe conjunctivitis: Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
• Ophthalmitis: Inflammation of the eye.

Related Phrases and Terms

• Ophthalmia neonatorum: Conjunctivitis in a newborn, often caused by infection during birth.
  • Preventive eye drops are given to infants to avoid ophthalmia neonatorum.

Học thuật

Noun

1. severe conjunctivitis

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ophthalmitis