ophthalmia neonatorum

[ nee-uh-nuh-tawr-uhm, -tohr- ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. inflammation of the eyes of a newborn child due to an infectious disease, as gonorrhea, contracted during birth from the infected mother.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ophthalmia neonatorum¹

< New Latin: ophthalmia of the newborn (plural)

Example Sentences

(i) The operation is especially suitable for anterior staphyloma following ophthalmia neonatorum.

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In new-born children (ophthalmia neonatorum) infection takes place from the maternal passages during birth.

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In a gonorrheal ophthalmia neonatorum (specific inflammation of infants' eyes) it is a case of infection during birth.

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