keratitis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of keratitis
Example Sentences
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Microbial keratitis is one of the most serious potential complications for contact lens wearers.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
Infections can present in ways such as keratitis, sepsis and respiratory and urinary tract infections.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023
Huxley fell ill as a teenager with an eye condition called keratitis; he would struggle with his eyesight for decades afterward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2016
For example, "people who wear their contact lenses overnight are more than 20 times more likely to get keratitis," she said.
From US News ● Nov. 13, 2014
Sometimes keratitis exists in a herd as a transmissible disease, spreading like infectious conjunctivitis.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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