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ophthalmia neonatorum

NOUN
  1. ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops

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  • He also postulated that C trachomatis was a cause of pelvic inflammatory disease after noting that mothers whose babies had chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum had symptoms of salpingitis.
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