Associations to the word «Trachoma»

Wiktionary

TRACHOMA, noun. (medicine) An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.

Dictionary definition

TRACHOMA, noun. A chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.