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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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