glaucoman.

Brit.

/ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/,

/ɡlaʊˈkəʊmə/, U.S.

/ɡlɔˈkoʊmə/,

/ɡlɑˈkoʊmə/

Forms: Also 1600s glaucome.

Etymology: < Greek γλαύκωμα, < γλαυκός : see glaucous adj.

A disease of the eye, characterized by increased tension of the globe and gradual impairment or loss of vision. The word was formerly used to denote cataract ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1885).

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glaucoma1643

glaucosis1706

1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 2 Physicians tels us of a disease in the eye, called a Glaucome, whereby it sees every thing coloured, as the distemper of the aqueous humour.

1705 London Gaz. No. 4185/3 An Obstruction in the Optick Nerves, and a Glaucoma.

1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. xxviii. 159 Since..the Glaucoma is no other Disease than the Cataract.

1879 J. P. Smith Glaucoma 1 Primary glaucoma, though not rare, is one of the less common maladies of the eye.

1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Brisseau, in 1705, established by his dissections the distinction between true glaucoma..and ordinary cataract, showing that the former was a disease of the vitreous body, and the latter of the crystalline lens.

figurative.1886 Morgan Dix Gospel & Philos. 113 The moral confusion and intellectual glaucoma of the day.attributive.1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 489 In the fifth glaucoma patient the affection was combined with old iritic and corneal trouble.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	glaucoma
释义	glaucoman. Brit. /ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/, /ɡlaʊˈkəʊmə/, U.S. /ɡlɔˈkoʊmə/, /ɡlɑˈkoʊmə/ Forms: Also 1600s glaucome. Etymology: < Greek γλαύκωμα, < γλαυκός : see glaucous adj. A disease of the eye, characterized by increased tension of the globe and gradual impairment or loss of vision. The word was formerly used to denote cataract ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1885). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > glaucoma glaucoma1643 glaucosis1706 1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 2 Physicians tels us of a disease in the eye, called a Glaucome, whereby it sees every thing coloured, as the distemper of the aqueous humour. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4185/3 An Obstruction in the Optick Nerves, and a Glaucoma. 1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. xxviii. 159 Since..the Glaucoma is no other Disease than the Cataract. 1879 J. P. Smith Glaucoma 1 Primary glaucoma, though not rare, is one of the less common maladies of the eye. 1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Brisseau, in 1705, established by his dissections the distinction between true glaucoma..and ordinary cataract, showing that the former was a disease of the vitreous body, and the latter of the crystalline lens. figurative.1886 Morgan Dix Gospel & Philos. 113 The moral confusion and intellectual glaucoma of the day.attributive.1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 489 In the fifth glaucoma patient the affection was combined with old iritic and corneal trouble. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1643
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