Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ophthalmia

Ophthalmia (of*thal"mi*ȧ) , noun

[French ophthalmie, Latin ophthalmia, from Greek 'ofqalmi`a, from 'ofqalmo`s the eye, akin to English optic. See Optic.]

(Medicine) An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.