HyperDic: ophthalmia_neonatorum

English > 1 sense of the expression ophthalmia neonatorum:
NOUNstateophthalmia neonatorumophthalmia in newborns
English > ophthalmia neonatorum: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops.
Broaderophthalmia, ophthalmitissevere conjunctivitis

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