meaning of glaucoma
1. 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.
2. 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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glaucoma | glaucomatous |
