ophthalmia neonatorum
[ nee-uh-nuh-tawr-uhm, -tohr- ]
nounPathology.
inflammation of the eyes of a newborn child due to an infectious disease, as gonorrhea, contracted during birth from the infected mother.
Origin of ophthalmia neonatorum
1<New Latin: ophthalmia of the newborn (plural)
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How to use ophthalmia neonatorum in a sentence
(i) The operation is especially suitable for anterior staphyloma following ophthalmia neonatorum.
In new-born children (ophthalmia neonatorum) infection takes place from the maternal passages during birth.
In a gonorrheal ophthalmia neonatorum (specific inflammation of infants' eyes) it is a case of infection during birth.
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