'Trachoma' definitions:
Definition of 'trachoma'
(from WordNet)
noun
A chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue
Definition of 'Trachoma'
From: GCIDE
- Trachoma \Tra*cho"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? roughness, fr. ? rough.] (Med.) a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva -- {Tra*chom"a*tous}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'trachoma'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablepsia,
- amaurosis,
- benightedness,
- blepharitis,
- blind side,
- blind spot,
- blindfolding,
- blinding,
- blindness,
- blurring the eyes,
- cataract,
- cecity,
- choroiditis,
- conjunctivitis,
- cross-eye,
- darkness,
- defective vision,
- depriving of sight,
- detached retina,
- dim-sightedness,
- drop serene,
- economic blindness,
- esotropia,
- ever-during dark,
- excecation,
- eye defect,
- eyelessness,
- glaucoma,
- gutta serena,
- hoodwinking,
- iritis,
- keratitis,
- lack of vision,
- making blind,
- niphablepsia,
- optic neuritis,
- partial blindness,
- pink eye,
- psychic blindness,
- reduced sight,
- retinoblastoma,
- sightless eyes,
- sightlessness,
- snow blindness,
- soul-blindness,
- spiritual blindness,
- stone-blindness,
- sty,
- total blindness,
- unenlightenment,
- unseeingness,
- uveitis,
- walleye