keratoconjunctivitis

[ker-uh-toh-kuhn-juhngk-tuh-vahy-tis]

ker·a·to·con·junc·ti·vi·tis

[ker-uh-toh-kuhn-juhngk-tuh-vahy-tis]
noun Ophthalmology.
inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.

Origin:
1885–90; kerato- + conjunctivitis
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Keratoconjunctivitis has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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keratoconjunctivitis ker·a·to·con·junc·ti·vi·tis (kěr'ə-tō-kən-jŭngk'tə-vī'tĭs)
n.
Inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva resulting from hypersensitivity of corneal and conjunctival epithelium to an endogenous toxin.

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