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Scleritis
Meaning: A painful inflammation of the tough white outer coat of the eye, often linked to autoimmune disease.
In practice: Her deep boring eye pain and redness were due to scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
Word parts
- -itis means inflammation
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