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Definition of Iritis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the iris.

Definition of Iritis

1. n. An inflammation of the iris of the eye.

Definition of Iritis

1. Noun. (pathology) An inflammation of the iris. ¹

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Definition of Iritis

1. inflammation of the iris [n -TISES] : IRITIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Iritis

1. Inflammation of the iris, usually marked by pain, congestion in the ciliary region, photophobia, contraction of the pupil and discolouration of the iris. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Iritis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"Etiology of iritis and Cyclitis—iritis and cyclitis are eithe primary or secondary in their development. In the first case, thi original site of the disease ..."

2. A Treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Lawrence (1854)
"I have heard it asserted that iritis never occurs with obvious effusion of lymph, ... In corrobo- .tion of this remark, I may observe that iritis is rare in ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"Iodide of Potassium in the Treatment of iritis.—While some surgeons maintain that the iodide of potassium is altogether inefficient in the treatment of ..."

4. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"iritis. The species or varieties of iritis to be considered here, are such cases ... Those cases of iritis which occur as extensions of posterior internal ..."

5. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic Delivered at King's by Thomas Watson, David Francis Condie (1850)
"The pain that attends this species of iritis is chiefly felt at nigh't, ... We cannot, I believe, distinguish' syphilitic iritis with any certainty from ..."

6. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1913)
"Any type of iritis may assume an acute, subacute, or chronic course ; if the ... In addition to the chronic type of an ordinary iritis there remains to be ..."

7. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1868)
"Infantile iritis. — An extremely interesting form of iritis is met with in infants ... That the subjects of infantile iritis are much more frequently of the ..."

8. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells, Charles Stedman Bull (1880)
"Syphilitic iritis. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, I shall first ... Amongst the earliest symptoms of iritis are conjunctival, and especially ..."

9. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"Etiology of iritis and Cyclitis—iritis and cyclitis are eithe primary or secondary in their development. In the first case, thi original site of the disease ..."

10. A Treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Lawrence (1854)
"I have heard it asserted that iritis never occurs with obvious effusion of lymph, ... In corrobo- .tion of this remark, I may observe that iritis is rare in ..."

11. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"Iodide of Potassium in the Treatment of iritis.—While some surgeons maintain that the iodide of potassium is altogether inefficient in the treatment of ..."

12. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"iritis. The species or varieties of iritis to be considered here, are such cases ... Those cases of iritis which occur as extensions of posterior internal ..."

13. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic Delivered at King's by Thomas Watson, David Francis Condie (1850)
"The pain that attends this species of iritis is chiefly felt at nigh't, ... We cannot, I believe, distinguish' syphilitic iritis with any certainty from ..."

14. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1913)
"Any type of iritis may assume an acute, subacute, or chronic course ; if the ... In addition to the chronic type of an ordinary iritis there remains to be ..."

15. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1868)
"Infantile iritis. — An extremely interesting form of iritis is met with in infants ... That the subjects of infantile iritis are much more frequently of the ..."

16. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells, Charles Stedman Bull (1880)
"Syphilitic iritis. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, I shall first ... Amongst the earliest symptoms of iritis are conjunctival, and especially ..."

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