eczematous c

C. with lesions resembling those of eczema or due to an extension of eczema to the eye. erysipelatous c. The inflammation of the palpebral and sometimes of the ocular conjunctiva which accompanies erysipelas of the face, exanthematous c. C. occurring in the course of an exanthematous fever or accompanied by an eruption about the eye (e. g., measles, zoster or eczema). follicular c. A form of c. in which there are small round translucent elevations in_ the conjunctiva, situated mostly in the fornix and generally parallel to the margin of the lid. gonorrheal c. A purulent c. due to contact with the purulent discharge from a specific urethritis, granular c. An acute contagious and inflammatory c. causing thickening and vascularity of the palpebral conjunctiva and the formation of granular elevations or lymphoid infiltrations which ulcerate and cicatrize. See trachoma. _ gummatous c. A localized c. of plastic type, occasioned by the development of a syphilitic tumor in the conjunctiva or sub conjunctival ti ue. hypertrophic c. Chronic catarrhal c. with hypertrophy of the conjunctival papillae, lacrimal c. Inflammation of the conjunctiva through the lacrimal tract, usually unilateral, lymphatic c. A form of c. considered by some authorities identical with phlyctenular c; by Herz as a herpes ciliaris due to reflex irritation of pediculi capitis through the branches of the fifth nerve to the conjunctiva, membranous c. See croupous c. metastatic (gonorrheal) c. Infection of the conjunctiva through the general circulation. Parinaud's c. See under Parinaud. phlyctenular c. See c. phlyctenulosa. plastic c. See croupous c. pseudo membranous c. See croupous c. purulent c. An acute inflammation of the conjunctiva with pus formation; nearly always due to infection with gonococci. scrofulous c. A form of chronic c. characterized by phlyctenule, by miliary nodules in the region of the cornea, or by serpiginous ulceration of the cornea, and attributed to scrofula, toxic c. C. due to the application of too stimulating remedies, e. g., calomel, trachomatous c. See granular c. tuberculous c. C. due to tuberculous infection, vernal c. A hyperplastic form of c. occurring in the spring and summer.