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Definitions
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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS): eye with some degree of dryness.
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Xerophthalmia: dry eye associated with vitamin A deficiency.
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Xerosis: extreme dryness with keratinization occurring secondary to severe conjunctival cicatrization.
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Sjögren syndrome: autoimmune inflammatory disease of which KCS is a typical feature (see below).
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