Meaning of GLAUCOMA

Pronunciation:			glo'kowmu
Matching Terms:			Glaucomatous, Glaucometer, Glaucomys, Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		A condition where abnormally high pressure of the fluid in the eye causes damage to the optic nerve, resulting in impaired vision and blindness..
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	Related Terms:		ablepsia, amaurosis, benightedness, blepharitis, blind side, blind spot, blindfolding, blinding, blindness, blurring the eyes, cataract, cecity, choroiditis, conjunctivitis, cross-eye, darkness, defective vision, depriving of sight, detached retina, dim-sightedness, drop serene, economic blindness, esotropia, ever-during dark, excecation, eye defect, eyelessness, gutta serena, hoodwinking, iritis, keratitis, lack of vision, making blind, niphablepsia, optic neuritis, partial blindness, pink eye, psychic blindness, reduced sight, retinoblastoma, sightless eyes, sightlessness, snow blindness, soul-blindness, spiritual blindness, stone-blindness, sty, total blindness, trachoma, unenlightenment, unseeingness, uveitis, walleye