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glaucoma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɡlaʊˈkoʊmə/ (US)
• /ɡlɔːˈkoʊmə/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɡlɑˈkoʊmə/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλαύκωμα (glaúkōma, “an opacity of the crystalline lens”), derived from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.
   • The term primary glaucoma designates that group of glaucomata, the cause of which is not yet known, in contrast to secondary glaucoma, which is due to some obvious cause. 1952, The West Indian Medical Journal, page 180:
   • The development of latent glaucomata is usually slow and chronic, following the rhythm of primary glaucomata. 1960, Premier Congrès de la Société Européenne d’Ophtalmologie, page 28:
   • Nearly all of the so-called noncongestive glaucomata are of Types 1, 2, and 3. 1948 June, Edward J. Curran, “Advances in the Treatment of Glaucoma: The Joseph Schneider Foundation Eye Presentation”, in Postgraduate Medicine, volume III, number VI, page 409, column 2:
   • Unfortunately, most of the older data are of limited value because the distinction between the various forms of glaucoma was often difficult and thus unreliable and because glaucomata are diseases of advanced age. 1962, Werner Kalow, “[Human Hereditary Defects With Altered Drug Response] Angle-Closure Glaucoma”, in Pharmacogenetics: Heredity and the Response to Drugs, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: W. B. Saunders Company, →LCCN, page 193, column 2:
   • Professor Rosas, in his last work on Diseases of the Eye (Lehre von den Augenkrankheiten, Wien, 1834, p. 326), distinguishes three kinds of glaucoma, viz. glaucoma of the hyaloid, glaucoma of the retina, and glaucoma of the choroid. He makes no mention of lenticular glaucoma, which is much more common than any of the three which he particularizes. Indeed, vitreous, retinal, and choroidal glaucomata, are, to say the least of them, rare diseases. 1838, William Mackenzie, “Remarks on Lenticular Glaucoma”, in The London Medical Gazette; Being a Weekly Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, volume II, London: […] Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […], page 105, column 2:
   • Oh, I got the glaucoma, real bad. 2013 January 15, Dave Andron, “Where's Waldo?”, in Justified, season 4, episode 2:

Forms

Deriveds

glaucomic · glaucomatous · nonglaucoma · anal glaucoma · glaucomatocyclitic · antiglaucoma · teleglaucoma

Translations (40)

ja 緑内障 (eye disease) · ca glaucoma (eye disease) · is gláka (eye disease) · ar زَرَق (eye disease) · da glaukom (eye disease) · mi mate papahewa (eye disease) · pt glaucoma (eye disease) · de Glaukom (eye disease) · ar المَاء الأَزْرَق (eye disease) · sv glaukom (eye disease) · da grøn stær (eye disease) · ko 녹내장 (eye disease) · es glaucoma (eye disease) · cs zelený zákal (eye disease) · nl groene staar (eye disease) · fa آبسیاه (eye disease) · mi papahewa (eye disease) · my ရေတိမ် (eye disease) · la glaucoma (eye disease) · ky глаукома (eye disease) · ru глауко́ма (eye disease) · vi cườm nước (eye disease) · ro glaucom (eye disease) · de grüner Star (eye disease) · kk глаукома (eye disease) · sv grön starr (eye disease) · fi glaukooma (eye disease) · fr glaucome (eye disease) · nl glaucoom (eye disease) · hu glaukóma (eye disease) · uk глауко́ма (eye disease) · pl glaukoma (eye disease) · hu zöld hályog (eye disease) · el γλαύκωμα (eye disease) · pl jaskra (eye disease) · cmn 青光眼 (eye disease) · tr glokom (eye disease) · sw glakoma (eye disease) · ga glácóma (eye disease) · cs glaukom (eye disease)