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amaurosis

[amawˈɾosis]

Rhymes with o.sis

Where it comes from

Del latín contemporáneo amaurosis, y este del griego antiguo ἀμαύρωσις (amaúrōsis, 'oscurecimiento').

noun

Privación total de la vista, ocasionada por lesión en la retina, en el nervio óptico o en el encéfalo, sin más señal exterior en los ojos que una inmovilidad constante del iris.
Similar: ceguera

In English

amaurosis blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye

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@misc{amaurosis_2026,
  title = {amaurosis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/amaurosis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}