endophthalmitis

endophthalmitis /en·doph·thal·mi·tis/ (en″dof-thal-mi´tis) inflammation of the ocular cavities and their adjacent structures.

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en·doph·thal·mi·tis (ndf-thl-mts, -thl-, -dp-)

n.

Inflammation of the internal structures of the tissues in the eyeball.

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Endophthalmitis

Inflammation of the eyeball.

Mentioned in: Vitrectomy

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endophthalmitis

[endof′thalmī′tis]

Etymology: Gk, endon + ophthalmos, eye, itis

an infectious condition of the internal eye in which the primary signs are decreased vision, vitritis, and development of a hypopyon. Patients usually complain of pain. Other symptoms include erythema and edema. It may result from bacterial or fungal infection or from trauma. Depending on the cause, therapy requires surgical intervention or administration of an intraocular antibiotic. Also called endophthalmia.

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endophthalmitis

(en´dofthlmī´-tis),
n an inflammation of the tissues of the eyeball.

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endophthalmitis

inflammation of the ocular cavities and their adjacent structures.

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lens-induced endophthalmitis

see phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis (see below).

nonsuppurative endophthalmitis

may be caused by trauma to the eye, or secondary to severe corneal inflammation.

phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis

hypersensitivity to lens material. Called also lens-induced endophthalmitis.

starch endophthalmitis

inflammation caused by starch from surgical gloves.

suppurative endophthalmitis

caused by foreign bodies or infectious agents, which may be associated with systemic infection.

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endophthalmitis

Inflammation of the intraocular structures. It can occur after a penetrating wound of the eye (either surgical or accidental), bacterial infection, or intraocular foreign bodies. See panophthalmitis; vitrectomy.