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1. (n.) glaucoma
a condition of elevated fluid pressure within the eyeball, causing damage to the eye and progressive loss of vision.
Etymology: (1635–45; < Gk glaúkōma opacity of the eye lens, der. of
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) glaucoma
an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)
"contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure"
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1. (noun) Glaucoma
dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Glaucoma
An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
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