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单词 glaucoma
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
glau•co•ma /glɔˈkoʊmə, glaʊ-/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Pathologya condition of elevated fluid pressure within the eyeball, causing damage to the eye and steady loss of vision.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
glau•co•ma  (glô kō′mə, glou-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Ophthalmologyabnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma.)
  • Greek glaúkōma opacity of the eye lens. See glauc-, -oma
  • 1635–45;
glau•co•ma•tous  (glô kō′mə təs, -kom′ə-, glou-),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
glaucoma /ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/ n
  1. a disease of the eye in which pressure within the eyeball damages the optic disc, impairing vision, sometimes progressing to blindness
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin, from Greek glaukōma, from glaukos; see glaucous

glauˈcomatous adj
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