transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌzir-ˌäf-ˈthal-mē-ə, -ˌäp-ˈthal- ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek xērophthalmia, from xēr- xer- + ophthalmia ophthalmia
Date: circa 1656
: a dry thickened lusterless condition of the eyeball resulting especially from a severe systemic deficiency of vitamin A
• xe·roph·thal·mic -mik adjective