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Endophthalmitis

Medical Definition:	Suppurative inflammation of the tissues of the internal structures of the eye; not all layers of the uvea are affected. Fungi, necrosis of intraocular tumors, and retained intraocular foreign bodies often cause a purulent endophthalmitis.
Guide Notes:	a type of suppurative uveitis; restrict to endophthalmitis as a disease entity, not as a coord for inflamm of specific internal parts of the eye: these are available as -ITIS terms in C11; ophthalmitis goes here; PANOPHTHALMITIS is also available: inflamm

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