(Tıp, İlaç) Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), also called keratitis sicca, sicca syndrome, xerophthalmia, dry eye syndrome (DES), or simply dry eyes, is an eye disease caused by decreased tear production or increased tear film evaporation commonly found in humans and some animals. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca is Latin and its literal translation is "dryness of the cornea and conjunctiva". It may be helpful to know that "sicca" is part of the English word "desiccate."
A condition associated with inadequate tear production and marked by redness, itching, and burning of the eye ¯ called also dry eye syndrome
clinical eye condition caused by inadequate production of tears (symptoms: dry eye, scratchy eye, stinging or burning of the eye)