Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery: The mark left by a burn, or the bleb or vesicle produced by it.
- noun Ulceration of the cornea, causing the loss of the aqueous humors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine, archaic An
ulcer in theeye , upon thecornea .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek mark caused by burning. See encaustic.
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