Dictionary.com
definitions

sympathetic ophthalmia

noun Ophthalmology.
  1. inflammation of one eye due to injury or disease of the other eye.

Origin of sympathetic ophthalmia

First recorded in 1870–75
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
sympathetic ophthalmia in Medicine

sympathetic ophthalmia

n.
  1. A swelling of the uvea in an uninjured eye caused by a wound of the uvea of the other eye. It may eventually lead to bilateral blindness.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.