Denoting agents (vitamin A and retinoic acid) that inhibit pathologic drying of the conjunctiva (xerophthalmia). [anti- + G. xeros, dry, + ophthalmos, eye]
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an·ti·xe·roph·thal·mic -.zir-äf-'thal-mik, -äp- adj preventing or curing xerophthalmia <vitamin A is the \antixerophthalmic vitamin>
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an·ti·xe·roph·thal·mic (an″te-) (an″ti-zēr″of-thalґmik) counteracting xerophthalmia.Medical dictionary. 2011.