| SEC | secretin; Singapore epidemic conjunctivitis; soft elastic capsule |
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| TRIC | trachoma inclusion conjunctivitis [organism] |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| gonorrhoeal conjunctivitis | Acute purulent conjunctivitis excited by Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Synonym: blennophthalmia, blennorrhoea conjunctivalis, gonorrhoeal conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemical conjunctivitis | Conjunctival inflammation due to chemical irritants. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granular conjunctivitis | A chronic infection of the conjunctiva due to Chlamydia trachomatis, characterised by conjunctival follicles and subsequent cicatrization. See: trachoma. Synonym: granular conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic conjunctivitis | A persistent, bilateral, conjunctival hyperaemia with scanty exudation; there is a tendency toward remission and exacerbation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic follicular conjunctivitis | Indolent inflammation of the conjunctiva, with discrete follicles in fornices that may be infective, toxic, or irritant in nature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cicatricial conjunctivitis | A chronic progressive ocular affection that produces scarring of the conjunctiva primarily and of the cornea sequentially. (05 Mar 2000) |