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Definition of Keratomalacia
1. Noun. Softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue.
Definition of Keratomalacia
1. Noun. An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Keratomalacia
1. Dryness with ulceration and perforation of the cornea, with absence of inflammatory reactions, occurring in cachectic children; results from severe vitamin A deficiency. Synonym: xerotic keratitis. Origin: kerato-+ G. Malakia, softness (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keratomalacia
Literary usage of Keratomalacia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"... CHAPTER XT XEROPHTHALMIA (keratomalacia) 270. The Necessity of a Fat-Borne
Vitamin in the Diet.— In Chapter II it was shown that it is impossible to ..."
2. Lectures on the Human Eye in Its Normal and Pathological Conditions by Adolf Alt (1880)
"I have never been able to consider them as the important agents they are thought
to be by others, at least in diseases of the eye. 7. keratomalacia. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Ophthalmology by Lawrance Webster Fox (1920)
"... keratomalacia) This is a rare disease described by von Graefe, and is a disease
peculiar to childhood. ..."
4. Ophthalmology and Ophthalmoscopy: For Practitioners and Students of Medicine by Hermann Schmidt-Rimpler, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1889)
"Moist warm compresses and tonics may be employed, but when keratomalacia is fully
developed, not much is to be expected as regards preservation of the ..."
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