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Definition of Leucoma
1. Noun. Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea.
Definition of Leucoma
1. n. A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.
Definition of Leucoma
1. Noun. (pathology) An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leucoma
1. leukoma [n -S] - See also: leukoma
Medical Definition of Leucoma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucoma
Literary usage of Leucoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1831)
"On (he efficacy of the Nitrate of Silver Ointment in leucoma, and dense opacity
... Sometimes the cornea may he the seat of leucoma, which may or may not be ..."
2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1845)
"The next bad case of leucoma, therefore, which the author met with,he treated as
follows:—The patient was a lad fourteen years old, who had lost his right ..."
3. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells, Charles Stedman Bull (1880)
"The deeper opacities, which are situated in the substance of the cornea itself,
may be confined to a certain portion of it (partial leucoma) [ Fig. ..."
4. Atlas of external diseases of the eye by Richard Greeff, Matthias Lanckton Foster (1914)
"leucoma of the Cornea Caused by Small Pox Plate XXXVIII, FIG. 55 The only portion
of the cornea that is transparent when regenerated is the epithelium. ..."
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