Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ophthalmia_neonatorum
1 sense of ophthalmia neonatorum
Sense 1
ophthalmia neonatorum -- (ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops)
=> ophthalmia, ophthalmitis -- (severe conjunctivitis)