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Xerophthalmus

Definition: Xerophthalmus

Xerophthalmus

Noun

1. 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.
 


Synonyms: Xerophthalmus

Synonyms: conjunctivitis arida (n), xeroma (n), xerophthalmia (n). (additional references)

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Anagrams: Xerophthalmus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-l-m-o-p-r-s-t-u-x"

-1 letter: exophthalmus.

-4 letters: emulators, metaphors, mousetrap, plethoras, sporulate, temporals, upholster.

-5 letters: amplexus, ampoules, aphthous, apothems, apterous, armholes, emulator, hamulose, harumphs, haruspex, humerals, loathers, marplots, metaphor, moulters, mouthers, outhears, outleaps, outshame, oxhearts, petalous, petrosal, phaseout, phorates, plastrum, plethora, polestar, postural, poulters, pulsator, rampoles, ramulose, ratholes, rosulate, staumrel, sulphate, superhot, supertax, tapholes, taphouse, templars, temporal, tempuras.

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Alternative Orthography: Xerophthalmus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

58 65 72 6F 70 68 74 68 61 6C 6D 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01011000 01100101 01110010 01101111 01110000 01101000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01101100 01101101 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0058 0065 0072 006F 0070 0068 0074 0068 0061 006C 006D 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

58718481827486746778798785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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