The corpus record

ψωρ-οφθαλμία

psorophthalmia · ἡ

a disease of the eyes, excessive dryness attended with itching

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What it meant

ψωρ-οφθαλμία · psōr-ophthalmia — LSJ

a disease of the eyes, excessive dryness attended with itching, a sufferer from blepharitis

a disease of the eyes, excessive dryness attended with itching, PMed.Strassb. p.6, Gal. 14.766: pl., Dsc. 1.68.5:— hence ψωρ-οφθαλμιάω, Gal. 12.799; and ψωρ-όφθαλμος, ον, a sufferer from blepharitis, Id. 12.798.

Where it came from

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