What does amaurosis mean?
Definitions for amaurosis
ˌæm ɔˈroʊ sɪsamau·ro·sis
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Princeton's WordNet
amaurosisnoun
partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain
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amaurosisnoun
Any form of blindness that is accompanied to no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
AMAUROSISnoun
A dimness of sight, not from any visible defect in the eye, but from some distemperature of the inner parts, occasioning the representations of flies and dust floating before the eyes: which appearances are the parts of the retina hid and compressed by the blood-vessels being too much distended; so that, in many of its parts, all sense is lost; and therefore no images can be painted upon them, whereby the eyes, continually rolling round, many parts of objects falling successively upon them, are obscure. The cure of this depends upon a removal of the stagnations in the extremities of those arteries which run over the bottom of the eye. John Quincy
Etymology: ἀμαυϱόω.
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amaurosis
Amaurosis is a medical term referring to partial or total blindness, especially when it occurs without any visible changes or damage to the eye. It can be caused by various underlying conditions such as glaucoma, stroke or a brain tumor.
Webster Dictionary
Amaurosisnoun
a loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton
Etymology: [Gr. 'amay`rosis, fr. 'amayro`s dark, dim.]
Wikidata
Amaurosis
Amaurosis is vision loss or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the eye. It may result from either a medical condition or from excess acceleration, as in flight. The term is the same as the Latin gutta serena.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Amaurosis
am-aw-rō′sis, n. total blindness when no change can be seen in the eye sufficient to account for it; Amblyopia being partial loss of sight under similar circumstances. The old name was Gutta serena—the 'drop serene' of Paradise Lost, iii. 25.—adj. Amaurō′tic. [Gr. amaurōsis, amauros, dark.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Amaurosis
a weakness or loss of vision, the cause of which was at one time unknown. Amazon
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of amaurosis in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of amaurosis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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