(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:28:44

Xe`roph*thal"mi*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ; dry + the eye. See Ophthalmia.] Med.

An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.

 

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