Xerophthalmic vs. Xerophthalmia — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Xerophthalmic and Xerophthalmia
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Definitions
Xerophthalmic
Extreme dryness and thickening of the conjunctiva, often resulting from a deficiency of vitamin A.
Xerophthalmia
Xerophthalmia (from Ancient Greek "xērós" (ξηρός) meaning "dry" and "ophthalmos" (οφθαλμός) meaning "eye") is a medical condition in which the eye fails to produce tears. It may be caused by vitamin A deficiency, which is sometimes used to describe that condition, although there may be other causes.
Xerophthalmic
Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
After becoming deficient in vitamin A, the patient became xerophthalmic.
Xerophthalmia
Extreme dryness and thickening of the conjunctiva, often resulting from a deficiency of vitamin A.
Xerophthalmia
(ophthalmology) A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become dry. The condition starts with conjunctival xerosis and night blindness and progresses to corneal xerosis and, later, a severe condition called keratomalacia.
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Xerophthalmia
An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.
Xerophthalmia
Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A