[L. albūgo, -gin-, whiteness, also a disease of the eye (oculorum albūgines Pliny), f. albus white.]
1. A disease of the eye, in which a white opaque spot forms upon the transparent cornea.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VII. xvi. (1495), 234. Another euyll of the eyen we calle a webbe and Constantin calleth it Albugo.
1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Pet. iii. 18. [Pride] is like the albugo, or white spot in the eye, which dimmeth our understanding.
1704. Lond. Gaz., mmmmix/4. Ungula’s, Albugo’s … and all other Distempers relating to the Eyes.
1853. Mayne, Exp. Lex., Albugo, a white opacity of the cornea.
† 2. The white of an egg; albumen. Obs.
1706. Phillips, Albugo … Also the white of an Egg.
