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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | Copyright

xerophthalmia Advanced vitamin A deficiency in which the epithelium of the cornea and conjunctiva of the eye deteriorates because of impairment of the tear glands, resulting in dryness then ulceration, leading to blindness.

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