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What is Dry Eye Syndrome?

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1) A painful, life-changing chronic disease.

2) One of many misnomers (which include dry eye, dry eyes, chronic dry eye, and dry eye disease) for ocular surface disease.

3) A convenient but inaccurate catchall term for all the deficiencies and abnormalities of the "pre-ocular tear film".

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