infectious conjunctivitis

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• necrotic infectious conjunctivitis — a unilateral, purulent, necrotic type of conjunctivitis marked by small, diffuse, elevated, white spots in the palpebral conjunctiva and fornices, with ipsilateral swelling of the preauricular, parotid, and submaxillary lymph glands. Called also… …   Medical dictionary

• infectious keratoconjunctivitis — infectious keratitis with conjunctivitis in cattle, sheep, or goats, characterized by blepharospasm and sometimes corneal or conjunctival opacity. See also infectious bovine k., infectious caprine k., and infectious ovine k. Called also… …   Medical dictionary

• Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis — Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, or IBK, is a veterinary infection of cattle caused by Moraxella bovis, a gram negative, β haemolytic, aerobic, rod shaped bacterium. It is spread by direct contact or by the common fly serving as a vector.… …   Wikipedia

• infectious coryza — n an acute infectious respiratory disease of chickens that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Haemophilus (H. paragallinarum syn. H. gallinarum) and is characterized by catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nasal passages and… …   Medical dictionary

• Conjunctivitis — Inflammation of the conjuctivae, the membranes on the inner part of the eyelids and the membranes covering the whites of the eyes. These membranes react to a wide range of bacteria, viruses, allergy provoking agents, irritants and toxic agents.… …   Medical dictionary

• conjunctivitis — /keuhn jungk teuh vuy tis/, n. Ophthalm. inflammation of the conjunctiva. [1825 35; CONJUNCTIV(A) + ITIS] * * * Inflammation of the conjunctiva, the delicate lining of the eyelids and the front of the white of the eye. It may be caused by… …   Universalium

• infectious disease — Introduction       in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… …   Universalium

• conjunctivitis — con|junc|ti|vi|tis [kənˌdʒʌŋktıˈvaıtıs] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: conjunctiva surface layer of the eye (16 21 centuries), from Modern Latin, from Latin conjunctus; CONJUNCT] a painful and infectious disease of the eye that makes it red …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• conjunctivitis — noun (U) a painful and infectious disease of the eye that makes it red …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Neonatal conjunctivitis — Classification and external resources A newborn with gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. ICD 10 A …   Wikipedia

• inclusion conjunctivitis — n an infectious disease esp. of newborn infants characterized by acute conjunctivitis and the presence of large inclusion bodies and caused by a chlamydia (C. trachomatis) * * * a sexually transmitted disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. It… …   Medical dictionary