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keratitis

American  
[ker-uh-tahy-tis] / ˌkɛr əˈtaɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. inflammation of the cornea.


keratitis British  
/ ˌkɛrəˈtaɪtɪs /

noun

  1. inflammation of the cornea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of keratitis

First recorded in 1855–60; kerat- + -itis

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

These infections are clinically known as keratitis, an infection of the cornea, the clear dome that covers the colored part of the eye.

From US News • Nov. 13, 2014

Prolonged high intra-ocular tension may be accompanied, particularly in cases of secondary glaucoma, by vesicular and bullous keratitis.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.