Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glaucoma"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glaucoma \Glau*co"ma\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? light gray, blue
gray.] (Med.)
Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of
transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting
media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the
eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
glaucoma
n : increased pressure in the eyeball due to obstruction of the
outflow of aqueous humor; damages the optic disc and
impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)
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