chemosis
Meanings
noun
- Swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.
Word forms
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.
Derived words
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