Medical Definition of Spring ophthalmia

1. 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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring Ophthalmia

spring break
spring cankerworm
spring chicken
spring cleavers
spring conjunctivitis
spring cress
spring equinox
spring finger
spring frog
spring gun
spring heath
spring lancet
spring ligament
spring mattress
spring onion
spring ophthalmia (current term)
spring peeper
spring roll
spring scale
spring squill
spring to mind
spring training
spring up
spring vetch
spring vetchling
spring water
sprinkle
sprinkle
sprinkled
sprinkler

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