Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY-PO'PI-UM
HY-PO-PHOS'PHOR-OUSHY-POS'TA-SIS, or HY-POS'TA-SY
HY-PO'PI-UM, n. [Gr. υπο, under, and πυον, pus, because there is pus under the cornea.]
An effusion of pus into the anterior chamber of the eye, or that cavity which contains the aqueous humor. It is always a mere sequel of an inflammation.
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