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  • noun medicine Any of various diseases of the eye.

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kerato- + -pathy

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Examples

  • Carry out cross-sectional population based surveys and follow-up studies in the Arctic and other areas to investigate the causal relationship between UV-B irradiance and cataract and other UV-B induced health effects to the eye such as climatic droplet keratopathy.

    Conclusions and recommendations on human health and climate change in the Arctic 2009

  •  Lack of tear production  Complications of herpes simplex keratitis, neurotrophic keratitis, chronic blepharitis, conjunctivitis, trachoma, bullous keratopathy and cicatricial pemphigoid  Vitamin A deficiency or protein malnutrition  Eyelid abnormalities III.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows abdulrehmanm 2009

  • "Now that we have seen the clinical activity of RGN-259 in neurotrophic keratopathy patients receiving treatment for their corneal ulcers, we believe it makes sense to close the diabetic vitrectomy trial and seek to focus on a larger commercial opportunity.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2009

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