流りゅう行こう性せい結けつ膜まく炎えん

noun

epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

Medical term for a contagious eye infection involving both the cornea and conjunctiva. Often abbreviated as EKC. Compare with 流行性角結膜炎, which is a synonym or closely related condition.

See also: 流行性角結膜炎

• 流りゅう行こう性せい結けつ膜まく炎えんはアデノウイルスによって引ひき起おこされることが多おおい。

  Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis is often caused by adenoviruses.

• 学がっ校こうで流りゅう行こう性せい結けつ膜まく炎えんが流りゅう行こうしているため、手て洗あらいを徹てっ底ていしてください。

  Because epidemic keratoconjunctivitis is going around at school, please wash your hands thoroughly.