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sympathetic ophthalmia

 
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–noun Ophthalmology.
inflammation of one eye due to injury or disease of the other eye.
Origin:
1870–75
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Main Entry: sympathetic ophthalmia
Function: noun
: inflammation in an uninjured eye as a result of injury and inflammation of the other
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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sympathetic ophthalmia n.
A swelling of the uvea in an uninjured eye caused by a wound of the uvea of the other eye. It may eventually lead to bilateral blindness.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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