Medical term:
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
[ker″ah-to-mi-ko´sis]fungal disease of the cornea.
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ker·a·to·my·co·sis
(ker'ă-tō-mī-kō'sis),Fungal infection of the cornea.
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keratomycosis
Fungus infection of the CORNEA.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
keratomycosis
A fungus infection of the cornea, which may result in keratitis and ulceration. It is usually introduced by injury and is characterized by an ulcer, which appears as a fluffy white elevated protuberance surrounded by a shallow crater on the edge of which is a sharply demarcated halo. There is ciliary and conjunctival injection. Diagnosis is best provided by laboratory analysis of a specimen of these fungal organisms, which are obtained by scraping the base of the ulcer. See fungal keratitis; corneal ulcer.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
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