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noun
An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
a chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: eye disease
History
From New Latin trachōma, from Ancient Greek τράχωμα (trákhōma, “roughness”), from τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”) + -ωμα (-ōma).
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