KERATITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keratitis mean? 

• KERATITIS (noun)
  The noun KERATITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision

  Familiarity information: KERATITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KERATITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("keratitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

When applied topically to the eye, this drug prevents the symptoms associated with keratitis or conjunctivitis.

(Lodoxamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Keratitis due to infection by acanthamoeba; it is usually associated with soft contact lens wear, particularly overnight wear.

(Acanthamoeba Keratitis, NCI Thesaurus)

C. macginleyi is commensal to the ocular conjunctiva, but is also an opportunistic pathogen that causes conjunctivitis, corneal ulcerations, keratitis, endophthalmitis, septicemia and catheter related infections.

(Corynebacterium macginleyi, NCI Thesaurus)

Ocular symptoms include ulcerative conjunctivitis, keratitis, iritis, uveitis, and sometimes blindness.

(Erythema Multiforme Major, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A form of herpetic keratitis characterized by the formation of small vesicles which break down and coalesce to form recurring dendritic ulcers, characteristically irregular, linear, branching, and ending in knoblike extremities.

(Dendritic Keratitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Filamentary keratitis or erosion of the conjunctival and corneal epithelium may be caused by these disorders.

(Dry Eye Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)