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keratoconjunctivitis (ker″ә-to-kәn-junk″tĭ-viĀ“tis) inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva. epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
a highly infectious form, commonly with regional lymph node involvement, occurring in epidemics; an adenovirus has been repeatedly
isolated from affected patients. phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis
a form marked by formation of a phlyctenule (small lesion) at the corneal limbus. keratoconjunctivitis sicca
a condition marked by hyperemia of the conjunctiva, thickening and drying of the corneal epithelium, and itching and burning
of the eye. Called also dry eye.
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