glaucoma
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glaucoma
- /ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/ UK
- /ɡlɔːˈkoʊmə/ US
- /ɡlaʊˈkoʊmə/ US
- /ɡlɑˈkoʊmə/ cot caught merger
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλαύκωμα (glaúkōma, “an opacity of the crystalline lens”), derived from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green”).
noun glaucomas · glaucomata
- An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness. Professor Rosas, in his last work on Diseases of the Eye (Lehre von den Augenkrankheiten, Wien, 1834, p. 326), distinguishes three kinds of glaucoma, viz. glaucoma of the hyaloid, glaucoma of the retina, and glaucoma of the choroid. He makes no mention of lenticular glaucoma, which is much more comm
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Closest in meaning: simplex, glaucosis, lagophthalmia, oculopathy, gliopathy, ophthalmopathology, ophthalmopathy, maculopathy, astrogliopathy, glomerulopathy, myopia, goniodysgenesis, orbitopathy, glomerulonephropathy, pseudoglioma, pseudopit
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Talk about this word "glaucoma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/glaucoma. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. glaucoma. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/glaucoma "glaucoma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/glaucoma.Cite this
@misc{glaucoma_2026,
title = {glaucoma},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glaucoma},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
