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chemosis

chemosis noun: swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.

Noun

chemosis (plural chemoses)

  1. Swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.

chemosis meaning in Tamil

chemosis in Tamil

விழிச்சவ்வு வீக்கம், இமைவீக்கம்

Forms of chemosis

pluralchemoses

Origin of chemosis

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice, fluid, humor”), with reference to edema. By surface analysis, chemo- + -osis, although this is in the nature of a false friend, as the word is not specific to exogenous chemical–induced cases of conjunctival irritation.

Words formed from chemosis

Questions about chemosis

What does chemosis mean?
Chemosis means swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.
What is chemosis in Tamil?
Chemosis in Tamil is விழிச்சவ்வு வீக்கம், இமைவீக்கம். See Chemosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chemosis?
Chemosis is a noun.
What is the plural of chemosis?
The plural of chemosis is chemoses.

Words near chemosis in the dictionary

  1. Chemosh
  2. chemosignal
  3. chemosignaling
  4. chemosignalling
  5. chemosignals
  6. chemosis
  7. chemosmosis
  8. chemosmotic
  9. chemosomatosensory
  10. chemosorb
  11. chemosorbed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chemosis (page history and authors); chemosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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