trachoma

(trak’o-mah), pl. ¢racho'’mat a (Gr. rpa- χωμα]. 1. Contagious granular conjunctivitis, or granular lids; a disease of the conjunctiva attended by the formation of small elevations on the conjunctiva of the lids and by atrophy, cicatricial contraction, and deformity of the lids. 2. Kraurosis vulve. It’s t., granular conjunctivitis:; trachoma. t. bodies. See body. brawny t., general lymphoid infiltration of the conjunctiva without granulation. t. def or’mans, To perform vulvitis with cicatricial deformity. diffuse t., a form with large-sized granulations. follicular t., granular t., a form in which there are sago-like elevations on the conjunctiva of the lids. papillary t., that in which there are red, pepillary growths on the lids. Tiirck’s t., laryngitis sicca. t. of vocal bands, development of nodular swellings on the vocal cords. t. vul’ve, kraurosis vulve.