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Definition: Xerophthalmia |
XerophthalmiaNoun1. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Xerophthalmia \Xe`roph*thal"mi*a\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression dry the eye. See Ophthalmia.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Dryness of the eye surfaces caused by deficiency of tears or conjunctival secretions. It may be associated with vitamin A deficiency, trauma, or any condition in which the eyelids do not close completely. (references) |
Medicine | Xerosis of the conjunctiva. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: XerophthalmiaSynonyms: conjunctivitis arida (n), xeroma (n), xerophthalmus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Xerophthalmia |
| English words defined with "xerophthalmia": Xerophthalmy. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Xerophthalmia is hard to detect. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Dr. McLaren.. |
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| "Xerophthalmia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Xerophthalmia" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
xerophthalmia | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "xerophthalmia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 干眼病. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | xeroftalmi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | xeroftalmie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مرضی دراثرکمبودویتامینA , رمدچشم . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kseroftalmia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | xérophtalmie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Xerophthalmie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | xeroftalmia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erophthalmiaxay xeroftalmia. (various references) xeroftalmia. (various references) xeroftalmi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "xerophthalmia": xerophthalmias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "xerophthalmia" (pronounced 'Xe`roph*thal"mi*a'): Adynamia, Alumina, Anaemia, Anomia, Anosmia, Aphemia, Artemia, Asemia, Bohemia, Cacostomia, Cadmia, Cryptogamia, Gerocomia, hyperaemia, kalmia, lamia, Leuchaemia, lipaemia, Lithaemia, Melanaemia, Monogamia, Nematelmia, Ophthalmia, Phanerogamia, Phenogamia, Phoronomia, Platyhelmia, Podophthalmia, Polygamia, Polythalamia, Septaemia, septicaemia, Spanaemia, toxaemia, uraemia, Vermiformia, Waldheimia, Zamia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-h-i-l-m-o-p-r-t-x" | |
-3 letters: ophthalmia. | |
-4 letters: ametropia, atemporal, proximate. | |
-5 letters: aerolith, amitrole, amphorae, amphoral, apholate, atheroma, atrophia, expiator, heliport, hepatoma, hexaplar, lipomata, malapert, material, metaphor, parhelia, parietal, petiolar, plethora, preaxial, primatal, proemial, proximal, rheophil, rolamite, temporal, teraphim, toxaemia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-h-i-l-m-o-p-r-t-x" | |
+1 letter: xerophthalmias. | |
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