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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ophthalmia neonatorum1

< New Latin: ophthalmia of the newborn (plural)

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