Meaning Of The Word Glaucoma

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glaucoma
uncountable noun: Glaucoma is an eye disease which can cause people to go gradually blind.

glaucoma in American English
any of a group of related eye disorders characterized by increased pressure within the eye which impairs the vision and may slowly cause eye damage and total loss of vision
noun: abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma, wide-angle glaucoma, or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps t

glaucoma in British English
noun: a disease of the eye in which pressure within the eyeball damages the optic disc, impairing vision, sometimes progressing to blindness

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