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ophthalmia neonatorum
[ nee-uh-nuh-tawr-uhm, -tohr- ]
noun
, Pathology.
- 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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