| infantile purulent conjunctivitis | Acute conjunctival inflammation in the newborn, usually caused by maternal gonococcal infection. The causative agent is neisseria gonorrhoeae. The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| infectious conjunctivitis | <ophthalmology> Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye that results from infection with a virus. Adenovirus is a common cause of viral conjunctivitis. Occasionally referred to as pink eye. (13 Nov 1997) |
| toxicogenic conjunctivitis | A conjunctivitis caused by medicine or toxin instilled into the conjunctival sac. Synonym: toxicogenic conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |