the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Ophthalmitis; especially, conjunctivitis.
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n. severe conjunctivitis
Word Usage
"The absence of medical men does not seem to have affected their longevity, the disease they most suffer from being ophthalmia, which is brought on by the glare of the snow in the winter, and by the dust and heat in the summer months."