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‖ hypopyon Path.|hɪˈpəʊpɪən|
Also erron. -ion.
[a. Gr. ὑπόπυον an ulcer, neut. of ὑπόπυος tending to suppuration, f. πύον pus, matter.
The erroneous spelling hypopion was prob. due to the assumption that the word was a derivative of ὤψ, ὠπ- eye; cf. Gr. ὑπώπιον a black eye.]
A morbid accumulation of pus in the anterior chamber of the eye (cf. quots.).
[1657Physical Dict., Hypogion [sic], or matter under the cornea, a great inflammation of the eyes with swellings. ]1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Hypopyon, a gathering of Matter under the Horney Tunick of the Eye. 1807Med. Jrnl. XVII. 80 Hypopion, or the occupation of one or both chambers of the eye, with a glutinous opake fluid, instead of the true transparent humours. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 19 The absorption of pus is constantly seen in the eye in hypopyon. |