单词 | glaucoma |
释义 | glaucoma —glaucomatous /glaw koh"meuh teuhs, -kom"euh-, glow-/, adj. /glaw koh"meuh, glow-/, n. Ophthalm. abnormally 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). [1635-45; < Gk glaúkoma opacity of the eye lens. See GLAUC-, -OMA] |
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