LEUCOMA

(Lat.), n. n. Lua-ko'ma3. Gen., -om'atos (-at is). Gr., AevKoij^o (from Av<k. white). Fr., leuco me. Ger., Leuconi, Leukom, Horn haut fleck (4th def.). 1. Anything white. 2. Albumin. 3. The ocular conjunctiva. 4. A dense, white opacity of the cornea. It results from a preceding keratitis, with or without ulceration. [F; L, 50 (a, 14).] 5. See LEUCOPLAKIA. L. adhwrenK. Fr., leuco me adherent. Ger., ankle ben des Leukom. A white opacity of the cornea, with adhesion of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea at one or more points, caused by ulrcrativr inflammation of the cornea in which the ulcer has perforated into the anterior chamber, the aqueous humor has escaped, and the iris has prolapsed against the cornea or into the perforation. [F.] See Anterior SYNECHIA. L. album oriili. See ALBUGO (1st def.). L. creticum. A 1. (4th def.) formed by a calciflc deposit in the cornea, [a, 29.] L. de la cornAe (Fr.). See ALBUGO and L. L. gerontotoxon, L. gerontoxon. See AROUS senilis. L. margarltaceum. A pearl-like 1. [F.] Partial 1. A 1. which covers only a portion of the cornea, [a, 29.] Total 1. L. covering the entire cornea, [a, 29.] [s. 612]