Glaucoma Definition

glou-kōmə, glô-
noun
Any of a group of related eye disorders characterized by increased pressure within the eye which impairs the vision and may slowly cause eye damage and total loss of vision.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Glaucoma

Noun

Singular:
glaucoma
Plural:
glaucomas

Origin of Glaucoma

  • Borrowed from Classical Greek γλαύκωμα (glaukōma, “an opacity of the crystalline lens”), derived from γλαυκός (glaukós, “clear”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin glaucōma cataract from Greek glaukōma from glaukos gray

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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