OPHTHALMITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ophthalmitis mean? 

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

1. severe conjunctivitis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPHTHALMITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Severe conjunctivitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ophthalmia; ophthalmitis

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

conjunctivitis; pinkeye (inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ophthalmitis"):

ophthalmia neonatorum (ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops)