Keratitis
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Inflammation of the cornea. countable, uncountable
- 2 inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision wordnet
Etymology
Probably borrowed from French kératite, from Ancient Greek κέρᾰτ- (kérăt-), κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + French -ite (“-itis”); see kerato-.
Related phrases
More for "keratitis"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.