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glaucoma
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[ noun ] (medicine) 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)
Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)He can diagnose detachment of the retina where conventional methods indicate blindness due_to glaucoma . Related terms |
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