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KERATOMALACIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does keratomalacia mean?
• KERATOMALACIA (noun)
The noun KERATOMALACIA has 1 sense:
1. softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue
Familiarity information: KERATOMALACIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("keratomalacia" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
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