chemosis

English

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice, fluid, humor”), with reference to edema. By surface analysis, chemo- +‎ -osis, although this is in the nature of a false friend, as the word is not specific to exogenous chemical–induced cases of conjunctival irritation.

Noun

chemosis (plural chemoses)

1. (medicine) Swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.

Derived terms

• chemotic

Anagrams

• echoisms, mischose