The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trachoma \Tra*cho"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? roughness, fr. ? rough.] (Med.) a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva -- Tra*chom"a*tous, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]