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glaucoma (enc)

Glaucoma

Noun1.glaucoma - 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)
eye disease - any disease of the eye
acute glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma - glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor
chronic glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma - glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision

 

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