| dermatitis, atopic | A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| actinic conjunctivitis | Acute keratoconjunctivitis resulting from exposure to intense ultraviolet irradiation. Synonym: actinic conjunctivitis, arc-flash conjunctivitis, flash keratoconjunctivitis, ophthalmia nivalis, snow conjunctivitis, welder's conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allergic conjunctivitis | <ophthalmology> An inflammatory condition of the conjunctiva secondary to an allergic stimulus. Common symptoms include itchy, red and tearing eyes (27 Sep 1997) |
| angular conjunctivitis | A subacute bilateral conjunctival inflammation sometimes caused by the Moraxella bacillus, marked by redness of the lateral canthi and scanty, stringy discharge that adheres to the lashes. Synonym: Moraxella conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arc-flash conjunctivitis | Acute keratoconjunctivitis resulting from exposure to intense ultraviolet irradiation. Synonym: actinic conjunctivitis, arc-flash conjunctivitis, flash keratoconjunctivitis, ophthalmia nivalis, snow conjunctivitis, welder's conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacterial conjunctivitis | <pathology> A bacterial infection of a portion of the eye known as the conjunctiva. Common symptoms include redness of the eyes with a thick, often coloured purulent discharge. (27 Sep 1997) |
| blennorrhoeal conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for hyperacute purulent conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcareous conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a condition in which the palpebral conjunctiva contains minute yellow concretions. Synonym: conjunctivitis petrificans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vernal conjunctivitis | A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterised in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus. Synonym: allergic conjunctivitis, spring conjunctivitis, spring ophthalmia, vernal catarrh, vernal keratoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Parinaud's conjunctivitis | A chronic necrotic inflammation of the conjunctiva characterised by large, irregular, reddish follicles and regional lymphadenopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflux conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a secondary conjunctivitis due to canaliculitis or dacryocystitis. Synonym: reflux conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pascheff's conjunctivitis | A unilateral, suppurative, necrotic inflammation of the conjunctiva characterised by scattered, elevated white spots in the fornices and palpebral conjunctiva, and ipsilateral swelling of preauricular, parotid, and submaxillary lymph glands. Synonym: Pascheff's conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meibomian conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a conjunctivitis associated with chronic inflammation of the meibomian glands, with swollen tarsal plates and frothy seborrheic secretion. Synonym: seborrheic blepharoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| membranous conjunctivitis | A severe conjunctival inflammation caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and characterised by an infiltrating membrane which on removal leaves a raw surface. Synonym: membranous conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonococcal conjunctivitis | A type of hyperacute, purulent conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |