Pink eye risk factors consist of: Being exposed to any individual with a bacterial or viral pink eye infection; Being exposed to any allergen that causes allergic pink eye; Wearing extended-wear contact lenses; In adults and children, pink eye can cause the cornea to become inflamed and that may affect vision in that eye.
Medical Definition of NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. : a disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by brown spots on the skin, neurofibromas of peripheral nerves, and deformities of subcutaneous tissues and boneâabbreviation NF; called also Recklinghausen's disease, von Recklinghausen's disease.efinition of NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. : a disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant and characterized especially by brown spots on the skin, neurofibromas of peripheral nerves, and deformities of subcutaneous tissue and bone. ADVERTISEMENT. New Latin, from neurofibromat-, neurofibroma.
Medical Definition of Disease, Wilson. Disease, Wilson: An inherited disorder in which too much copper accumulates in the body. Although the accumulation of copper begins at birth, symptoms of the disorder appear later in life, between the ages of 6 and 40. A diagnostic feature of Wilson disease is what is called a Kayser-Fleischer ring, a deep copper-colored ring around the edge of the cornea. It represents copper deposits in the eye.