ver·nal con·junc·ti·vi·tis
a chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterized in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus.
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vernal conjunctivitis
Ophthalmology A seasonal–spring and summer–inflammation of the conjunctivae, largely attributed to allergies Clinical Itchy, watery eyes, photophobia, cobblestone-like changes under the eyelid, scarring around the limbus which, if it extends onto the cornea, may compromise vision. See Conjunctivitis. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ver·nal con·junc·ti·vi·tis
(vĕr'năl kŏn-jŭngk'ti-vī'tis) A chronic, bilateral conjunctival inflammation with photophobia and intense itching that recurs seasonally during warm weather; characterized in the palpebral form by cobblestone papillae in the upper palpebral conjunctiva and in the bulbar form by gelatinous nodules adjacent to the corneoscleral limbus.
Synonym(s):
spring conjunctivitis.
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vernal conjunctivitis
An allergic form of inflammation of the CONJUNCTIVA probably caused by contact with spring pollens.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005