Definition of Glaucoma

1. Noun. An eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness). "Contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure"


Definition of Glaucoma

1. n. Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.

Definition of Glaucoma

1. a disease of the eye [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glaucoma

1. A group of eye diseases characterised by an increase in intraocular pressure which causes pathological changes in the optic disk and typical defects in the field of vision. It can be corrected by the use of laser light to punch a hole in the iris to relieve the intraocular pressure within the eye. The procedure is painless and requires no anaesthesia. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glaucoma

glass sponge
glass wool
Glaswegian
Glauber's salt
Glauber's salt
glauber's salts
Glauber's salts
glauberite
glaucarubin
glaucic
glaucine
Glaucium
Glaucium flavum
glaucodot
glaucoma (current term)
glaucoma (current term)
glaucomas
glaucomatocyclitic
glaucomatocyclitic crisis
glaucomatous
glaucomatous cataract
glaucomatous cup
glaucomatous excavation
glaucomatous halo
glaucomatous nerve-fibre bundle scotoma
glaucomatous ring
glaucoma detection
glaucoma fulminans
glaucoma treatment
Glaucomys

Other Resources:

Search for Glaucoma on Dictionary.com!Search for Glaucoma on Thesaurus.com!Search for Glaucoma on Google!Search for Glaucoma on Wikipedia!

Search