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CHEMOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chemosis mean?
• CHEMOSIS (noun)
The noun CHEMOSIS has 1 sense:
1. edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining
Familiarity information: CHEMOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("chemosis" is a kind of...):
dropsy; edema; hydrops; oedema (swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities)
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