Amaurosis Definition

ămô-rōsĭs
noun
Partial or total blindness.
Webster's New World
Total loss of vision, especially when occurring without pathological changes to the eye.
American Heritage Medicine

Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Amaurosis

Noun

Singular:
amaurosis
Plural:
amauroses

Origin of Amaurosis

  • Greek amaurōsis from amauroun to make dim from amauros dark

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

Amaurosis Sentence Examples

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

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

  • For example, Leber's amaurosis is an autosomal dominant trait and albinism is X-linked.

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Words Starting With

AAMAMA

Words Ending With

SISSIS

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