Adjective modifier

• congenital: Leber congenital amaurosis ( LCA ) is an inherited disease which usually causes total blindness from birth.

• transient: In patients with proliferative retinopathy, particularly if not treated with photocoagulation, severe hypoglycaemic episodes may result in transient amaurosis.

Modifies a noun

• fugax: Clinical assessment by a neurologist showed 9 of 24 patients had a history of transient ischemic attack, amaurosis fugax, or stroke.