trachoma

[ Gr.trochoma =a roughne .] Pathol .: A roughne of the eyelids, especially on their inner parts, from scabs, arising from an obstruction of the sebaceous glands. There is a heavine in the eye, a swelling of the eyelids, with a pain and itching in their corners and in the conjunctiva, and the flow of a viscid humor, which sometimes agglutinates the eyelids.