χήμωσις

εως, ἡ

χήμη

A. an affection of the eyes, when the cornea swells like a cockle-shell (χήμη) so as to impede sight, Gal. 19.436, Demosth. Ophth. ap. Orib. Syn. 8.42, Paul.Aeg. 3.22.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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