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KERATOMALACIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does keratomalacia mean?

• KERATOMALACIA (noun)
The noun KERATOMALACIA has 1 sense:

1. softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue

Familiarity information: KERATOMALACIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• KERATOMALACIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("keratomalacia" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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