Definition of Amaurosis

1. Noun. Partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain.


Definition of Amaurosis

1. n. 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.

Definition of Amaurosis

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Medical Definition of Amaurosis

1. Blindness, often occurs from a cortical lesion or from no change in the eye itself (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amaurosis

amation
amations
amative
amatively
amativeness
amativeness
amativenesses
amatol
amatols
amatory
amatoxin
amatungulu
Amauropelta
amauroses
amaurosis (current term)
amaurosis (current term)
amaurosis congenita of Leber
amaurosis fugax
amaurotic
amaurotic
amaurotic cat's eye
amaurotic mydriasis
amaurotic nystagmus
amaurotic pupil
amaxophobia
amaze
amazed
amazedly
amazement
amazements

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