chemosis
English
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice, fluid, humor”), with reference to edema. By surface analysis, chemo- + -osis, although this is in the nature of a false friend, as the word is not specific to exogenous chemical–induced cases of conjunctival irritation.
Noun
chemosis (plural chemoses)
- (medicine) Swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.
Derived terms
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