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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