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Glaucoma   /glɔkˈoʊmə/   Listen
Glaucoma

noun
1.
An eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness).



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acute glaucoma
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... especially the angle of the anterior chamber; blood pressure, arterial, capillary and venous; affinity of tissues for fluids; alterations of the intra-ocular fluids; inflammations in the eye ball; and failure of a nerve apparatus to control fluid in the globe. Classification: various types of glaucoma constituting clinical entities must be recognised, as: simple glaucoma, recurring exacerbations, congestive, mechanical, and increased tension ...
— Glaucoma - A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago - Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 • Various


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