pinkeye
- n inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
- While some of those kids are seriously ill, a fairly large percentage simply need to be isolated to prevent the spread of minor illnesses such as pinkeye and chicken pox.
- In the late 1940s, as a vehemently anti-Communist Congressman, Richard Nixon charged that then Secretary of State Dean Acheson suffered from "a form of pinkeye toward the .
- Last year Rachel Ellentuck spent $10,000 to send two daughters, 8 and 11, to overnight camp, where they endured pinkeye, athlete's foot and bouts of loneliness.