trachoma

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τράχωμα (trákhōma, “roughness”), from τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”) +‎ -ωμα

Noun

trachoma (plural trachomas or trachomata)

1. (medicine) An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.

Synonyms

• (medicine): Egyptian ophthalmia, granular conjunctivitis

Hypernyms

• (medicine): chlamydiosis, keratoconjunctivitis

Derived terms

• trachomatous (adjective)

Translations

infectious disease

• Armenian: տրախոմա (hy) (traxoma)
• Belarusian: трахома f (traxóma)
• Catalan: tracoma m
• Esperanto: traĥomo, trakomo
• French: trachome (fr) m
• German: Trachom
• Indonesian: trakoma (id)
• Italian: tracoma (it) m

• Malay: trakoma
• Polish: jaglica (pl) f
• Romanian: trahom (ro) n
• Russian: трахома (ru) f (traxoma)
• Spanish: tracoma (es) m
• Ukrainian: трахома f (traxoma)
• Vietnamese: bệnh mắt hột

Anagrams

• achromat