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单词 amaurotic
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amauroticadj.

/æmɔːˈrɒtɪk/
Etymology: < amaurosis n., as if < Greek *ἀμαυρωτικ-ός.
Med.
a. Affected with amaurosis.
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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.
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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.
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