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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ophthalmia neonatorum mean? 

OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM (noun)
  The noun OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM has 1 sense:

1. ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate dropsplay

  Familiarity information: OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ophthalmia neonatorum" is a kind of...):

ophthalmia; ophthalmitis (severe conjunctivitis)


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