Inflammation of the cornea, the clear outer layer of the eye that can be caused by infection, injury, or disease.
From Latin 'cornea' (the cornea) combined with the medical suffix '-itis' meaning inflammation, a standard way doctors name inflamed body parts since ancient Greek medical terminology.
When doctors add '-itis' to any body part name, they're saying it's inflamed and angry—corneitis is an angry cornea, just like bronchitis is angry airways!
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