KERATITIS

(Lat.), n. f. Ke"r-a2t(a3t)-i(e)'ti2s. Gen., -it'idos (-idis). From ice'pas, a horn (see also -it is*). Fr., keratite. Ger., Hornhautentziindung. It., ceratitide. Sp., querati.i. Inflammation of the cornea. It may be superficial or deep, acute or chronic. The symptoms are pain, photophobia, lacrymation, more or le opacity of the cornea, ciliary injection, vascularity of the cornea (rarely extending beyond the periphery except in pannus), and diminution of vision. [F.] Asthenic k. See K. phlycta>nulosa. Avascular k. See Non-vascular k. Band-shaped k. Fr., keratite en bandes. Ger., bandformige (oder giirtclfdrmige) K. (oder Hornhautentziindung), Bandk\ A non-vascular, chronic. O, no; O3, not; Os, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in [s. 533]