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Is the medical name for an eye infection conjunctivitis?
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Yes: Conjunctivitis is one type of eye infection ie. Infection of the conjunctiva. Other parts of the eye can also be infected...Keratitis(cornea)...Iritis(iris)...Endopthalmitis(interior of the eye etc.
Answered 11/15/2012
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