Word Meanings - KERATITIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Inflammation of the cornea.

Related words: (words related to KERATITIS)

• CORNEA
  The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
• INFLAMMATION
  A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
• CORNEAL
  Pertaining to the cornea.