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glaucoma

glau·coma

UK/ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/ US/ɡlɔːˈkoʊmə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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)

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλαύκωμα (glaúkōma, “an opacity of the crystalline lens”), derived from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green”).

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