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Trachoma

Medical Definition: A chronic infection of the conjunctiva and cornea caused by CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS.
Guide Notes: caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, a bacterium, not a virus ("trachoma virus")

Trachoma Medical Definitions and Terms

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