trachoma

English - Turkish

Definition of trachoma in English Turkish dictionary

trahoma

trahom

i., tıb. trahom

(Tıp) Konjonktivada önce hipertrofi, daha sonra nedbe ile beliren kronik bulaşıcı hastalık, trahom

English - English

Definition of trachoma in English English dictionary

An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis

{i} contagious form of conjunctivitis, eye disease

a chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue

Granular conjunctivitis due to a specific micrococcus

Hyphenation

tra·cho·ma

Etymology

[ tr&-'kO-m& ] (noun.) circa 1693. New Latin, from Greek trachOma, from trachys rough.