ophthalmia neonatorum

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

noun Pathology.

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

< New Latin: ophthalmia of the newborn (plural)

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ophthalmia neonatorum in Medicine

(nē′ō-nā-tôr′əm)

Any of various forms of conjunctivitis in newborns, usually contracted during birth from passage through the infected birth canal of the mother.infantile purulent conjunctivitis