Chemosis

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Chemosis is the swelling (or edema) of the conjunctiva (the lining of the white of the eye). The term derives from Ancient Greek: χήμη, romanized: khḗmē, meaning 'cockleshell', due to the swollen conjunctiva resembling it, and -osis, meaning 'condition or disorder'.

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