| conjunctivitis medicamentosa | A conjunctivitis caused by medicine or toxin instilled into the conjunctival sac. Synonym: toxicogenic conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| conjunctivitis petrificans | An obsolete term for a condition in which the palpebral conjunctiva contains minute yellow concretions. Synonym: conjunctivitis petrificans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjunctivitis tularensis | One of the causes of Parinaud's conjunctivitis. Synonym: tularaemic conjunctivitis, conjunctivitis tularensis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conjunctivitis, viral | Inflammation, often mild, of the conjunctiva caused by a variety of viral agents. Conjunctival involvement may be part of a systemic infection. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prairie conjunctivitis | An obsolete term for a chronic conjunctivitis, characterised by the presence of small white spots on the palpebral conjunctiva, especially of the lower lid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudomembranous conjunctivitis | A non-specific inflammatory reaction characterised by the appearance on the conjunctiva of a coagulated fibrinous plaque that may be peeled off from intact epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| purulent conjunctivitis | A violently acute inflammation of the conjunctiva, with copious pus and a marked tendency for corneal involvement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperacute purulent conjunctivitis | Conjunctivitis caused by Neisseria gonorrhoea and marked by swollen congested conjunctiva, edematous eyelids, and a purulent discharge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple conjunctivitis | Acute viral conjunctivitis, self-limited and of short duration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| snow 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) |
| spring 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) |
| squirrel plague conjunctivitis | One of the causes of Parinaud's conjunctivitis. Synonym: tularaemic conjunctivitis, conjunctivitis tularensis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic infectious 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) |
| swimming pool conjunctivitis | A non-specific red-eye that can be caused by pool chlorination, adenovirus, and rarely, Chlamydia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diphtheritic 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) |