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keratomycosis
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | keratomycosis - fungal infection of the corneafungal infection, mycosis - an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus |
keratomycosis
keratomycosis [ker″ah-to-mi-ko´sis] fungal disease of the cornea.ker·a·to·my·co·sis (ker'ă-tō-mī-kō'sis), Fungal infection of the cornea.keratomycosis Fungus infection of the CORNEA.keratomycosisA 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.keratomycosis
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