'Glaucoma' definitions:

Definition of 'glaucoma'

From: WordNet
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'

From: GCIDE
  • Glaucoma \Glau*co"ma\, n. [L., fr. Gr. glay`kwma, fr. glayko`s light gray, blue gray.] (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'glaucoma'

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