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trachoma Definition

tra·choma (trə kō)

noun

a contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, caused by a bacterium (Chlamydia trachomatis) and characterized by granulation and eventual scar formation

Etymology: ModL < Gr trachōma, roughness < trachys, rough: see trachea

trachoma Related Forms
tra·choma·tous (-kämə təs, -kōmə-) adjective
trachoma Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • blind: It now includes coverage of the SAFE strategy for the elimination of blinding trachoma.
  • eliminate: The donated Zithromax will massively aid ORBIS's efforts to implement the World Health Organization's, SAFE Strategy and eliminate trachoma in Ethiopia.
  • prevent: Keeping the face clean of all the children and the family prevents trachoma for the whole community at the end.
  • have: In Ethiopia alone, more than 10 million people have active trachoma.
  • control: Hence, measures to control trachoma should have two main goals.
  • reduce: Current evidence does not however support a beneficial effect of face washing alone or in combination with topical tetracycline in reducing active trachoma.

Preposition: in

  • community: The middle level describes the presence and severity of ' active ' trachoma in the community.
  • child: Active trachoma in children in central Ethiopia, association with altitude.

Adjective modifier

  • active: In Ethiopia alone, more than 10 million people have active trachoma.
  • e.g.: These include infections of the skin and eyes ( e.g. trachoma ) and infections carried by lice, e.g. louse-borne epidemic typhus.
  • infectious: Effect of a single mass antibiotic distribution on the prevalence of infectious trachoma.
  • inflammatory: Latrine ownership as a protective factor in inflammatory trachoma in Egypt.

Modifies a noun

  • endemic: In most trachoma endemic areas there are not enough ophthalmologists to perform the required number of TT surgeries.
  • control: Water supplies which are good for health in general are also best for trachoma control.
  • program: In Niger the trachoma control program printed fabric that people made into clothes.
  • prevention: Carter Center The Carter Center has been involved in many innovative and exciting trachoma community prevention programs.
  • area: In most trachoma endemic areas there are not enough ophthalmologists to perform the required number of TT surgeries.
  • infection: Face washing is one of the most effective ways to prevent the trachoma infection.

Noun used with modifier

  • eye: Nearly six million people have lost their sight due to the terrible eye infection trachoma.
  • infection: Nearly six million people have lost their sight due to the terrible eye infection trachoma.