ophthalmia neonatorum

[ nee-uh-nuh-tawr-uhm, -tohr- ]

/ ˌni ə nəˈtɔr əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

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noun Pathology.

inflammation of the eyes of a newborn child due to an infectious disease, as gonorrhea, contracted during birth from the infected mother.

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Origin of ophthalmia neonatorum

<New Latin: ophthalmia of the newborn (plural)

The prevalent disease of the time we live in is ophthalmia of intellect, affecting the higher classes.
Newton Forster|Captain Frederick Marryat
To this foul dust is due the terrible amount of ophthalmia and consequent blindness so prevalent throughout the East.
Life and sport in China|Oliver G. Ready
Ophthalmia, of-thal′mi-a, n. inflammation of the eye—also Ophthal′my.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
A very ragged girl, sorely afflicted with ophthalmia, stood among the ashes doing nothing.
Notes on Old Edinburgh|Isabella L. Bird

In Japan the stones are accounted of medicinal value, while in Burma and Assam they are infallible specifics for ophthalmia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various