Designating an infectious disorder characterized by conjunctivitis, pharyngitis, and fever, occurring chiefly in children and associated with adenovirus infection; especially in "pharyngoconjunctival fever".
Origin
1950s.
Definition of pharyngoconjunctival in US English:
pharyngoconjunctival
adjective
Medicine
Designating an infectious disorder characterized by conjunctivitis, pharyngitis, and fever, occurring chiefly in children and associated with adenovirus infection; especially in "pharyngoconjunctival fever".