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Trachoma

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Noun
  1. 1
    An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
  2. 2
    a chronic contagious disease caused by a bacterium and marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin trachōma, from Ancient Greek τράχωμα (trákhōma, “roughness”), from τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”) + -ωμα (-ōma).

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