As nouns the difference between xerosis and xerophthalmia
is that xerosis is dryness while xerophthalmia is a condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become dry. The condition starts with conjunctival xerosis and night blindness and progresses to corneal xerosis and, later, a severe condition called keratomalacia.
xerosis
English
Noun
(xeroses)
(medicine) dryness
See also
*xerotic
xerophthalmia
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become dry. The condition starts with conjunctival xerosis and night blindness and progresses to corneal xerosis and, later, a severe condition called keratomalacia.
Derived terms
* xerophthalmic