Meanings
adjectivexerophthalmic (comparative more xerophthalmic, superlative most xerophthalmic)
comparative more xerophthalmic · superlative most xerophthalmic
- Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
After becoming deficient in vitamin A, the patient became xerophthalmic.
Origin
- Englishxero-
- Englishophthalmia
- Englishxerophthalmia
- Englishxerophthalmic
From xerophthalmia + -ic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French xérophtalmique
- xérophtalmiqueof or pertaining to xerophthalmia
Italian xeroftalmico
- xeroftalmicoof or pertaining to xerophthalmia
Portuguese xeroftálmico
- xeroftálmicoof or pertaining to xerophthalmia
Spanish xeroftálmico
- xeroftálmicoof or pertaining to xerophthalmia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with xerophthalmic
ophthalmicanophthalmicantixerophthalmicbuphthalmicexophthalmichygrophthalmicinterophthalmicintraophthalmicmicrophthalmicmonophthalmicmonothalmicnonophthalmicparaophthalmicpreophthalmicpsorophthalmicsynophthalmic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
xerophthalmic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerophthalmic
MLA
“xerophthalmic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerophthalmic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xerophthalmic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerophthalmic.
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