单词 | amaurotic |
释义 | amauroticadj. Med. a. Affected with amaurosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > amaurosis or amblyopia amblyopic1785 amaurotic1839 1839 R. Hooper Med. Dict. 78 There is moreover something very characteristic in the appearance of an amaurotic eye. 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 722/1 After a time he became amaurotic and comatose. b. Applied to an extreme type of hereditary imbecility, with the symptoms of amaurosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [adjective] > type of idiot born1791 cretinous1793 cretinoid1862 Mongolian1866 Mongol1876 amaurotic1896 Mongoloid1899 moronic1910 infantilistic1930 1896 B. Sachs in N.Y. Med. Jrnl. LXIII. 703/1 It will be better..to find a clinical designation, and I would propose the name amaurotic family idiocy. 1900 Pediatrics X. 9 Sachs has suggested and applied the name ‘amaurotic family idiocy’ to the condition. In view of the blindness that invariably follows, the term ‘amaurotic’ is distinctive and correct. 1937 I. H. Page Chem. of Brain iii. 93 (heading) Tay-Sachs amaurotic familial idiocy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.1839 |
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