ALBUGO

ALBUGO, or Album Oculi, the same with albuginea, or white of the eye. See EYE, ALBUGINEA, &c. Albugo is also a disease of the eye; otherwise called leukoma, and popularly, pearl and web. See LEUKOMA, and PEARL.

The albugo is a whitish speck or film, growing, say some authors, on the cornea; and obstructing the sight. Others, more justly, place the albugo on the albuginea; by this distinguishing it from the pterygium, which is a similar speck on the cornea. See PTERYGIUM. It often arises as a scar, after an inflammation or ulcer in the part; particularly in the smallpox.—The cure is the same as in pterygium.

ALBUGO