What does "glaucoma" mean?

An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

What is a synonym for "glaucoma"?

Common synonyms include: ablepsia, amaurosis, benightedness, blepharitis, blind side, blind spot.

How do you pronounce "glaucoma"?

Pronounced //ɡlɔːˈkoʊmə//.

Glaucoma

//ɡlɔːˈkoʊmə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness. countable, uncountable
"Professor Rosas, in his last work on Diseases of the Eye (Lehre von den Augenkrankheiten, Wien, 1834, p. 326), distinguishes three kinds of glaucoma, viz. glaucoma of the hyaloid, glaucoma of the retina, and glaucoma of the choroid. He makes no mention of lenticular glaucoma, which is much more common than any of the three which he particularizes. Indeed, vitreous, retinal, and choroidal glaucomata, are, to say the least of them, rare diseases."
2
an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness) wordnet