| toxicogenic conjunctivitis | A conjunctivitis caused by medicine or toxin instilled into the conjunctival sac. Synonym: toxicogenic conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| trachomatous 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) |
| lacrimal conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a secondary conjunctivitis due to canaliculitis or dacryocystitis. Synonym: reflux conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| follicular conjunctivitis | <ophthalmology> Conjunctivitis associated with hypertrophic lymphoid tissue in the conjunctival fornices. (05 Mar 2000) |
| larval conjunctivitis | Conjunctivitis due to imbedding of larvae in the eye. See: ophthalmomyiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligneous conjunctivitis | Conjunctivitis characterised typically by woody induration of the upper tarsal conjunctiva, whitish pseudomembrane, and, in severe cases, corneal opacity; usually bilateral. (05 Mar 2000) |