AMAUROSIS

amaurosis

(noun) partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

amaurosis (countable and uncountable, plural amauroses)

Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.

Synonyms

• drop serene

• gutta serena

Source: Wiktionary


Am`au*ro"sis, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)

Definition: A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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