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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chemosis \Che*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a swelling of the
   cornea resembling a cockleshell, fr. ? a gaping, hence a
   cockleshell.] (Med.)
   Inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surrounding
   the cornea. -- Che*mot"ic, a.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chemosis
    n 1: edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid
         lining