CYCLITIS

(Lat.), n. f. Sik(kuk)-li(le)'tis. Gen., cyclit'idos (-is). From KVKAOS, a circle (see also -it is*). Inflammation of the ciliary muscle. C. minima. A slight form of c. [Bouche ron, cited in "N. Y. Med. Jour.," Mar. 17, 1888, p. 305.] C. plastic a. Inflammation of the ciliary body with an effusion of plastic lymph, uniting the surfaces of the iris, ciliary proce es, and sometimes the suspensory ligament to each other, and sometimes involving the iris to such an extent as to cause posterior synechia and occlusion of the pupil. [F.] C. purulent a. Inflammation of the ciliary body with an effusion of pus which may cause a hypopyon. [F.] C. serosa. Inflammation of the ciliary body, in which the effusion is almost entirely serous, causing increased tension and a hazine of the vitreous and occasionally of the aqueous humor. [F.] C. vasomotor i a. A form of inflammation of the ciliary body described by Samelsohn, and referred by him to some lesion of the sympathetic nervous system. The tension may be either increased or diminished. There is pain on the corresponding side of the head, marked ciliary neuralgia and injection, and sometimes a herpetic eruption on one side of the face. [F.] [s. 482]