- neuroparalytic keratitis
- keratitis characterized by dryness and fissuring of the corneal epithelium as a result of an injury to the trifacial nerve which prevents proper closing of the eyelids; called also trophic k.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
neuroparalytic keratitis
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