glaucoma
/ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/US/ɡlɔːˈkoʊmə/
glaucoma noun: 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.
Noun
glaucoma (countable and uncountable, plural glaucomas or glaucomata)
- 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.
- 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...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...
- 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
glaucoma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
glaucoma in Hindi
- ग्लूकोमा, ग्लुकोमा, ग्लोकोमा
glaucoma in Tamil
- கண்விழி விறைப்பு நோய், கண் அழுத்த நோய், விழி விறைப்பு நோய், கண்ணாடி, பசும்படலம், பச்சைத் திமிரம்
glaucoma in Marathi
- ग्लुकोमा, ग्लोकोमा
glaucoma in Urdu
- گلوکوما, گلاکوما
More languagesFewer languages
- glaucoma in Bengali
- গ্লুকোমা, গ্লকোমা
- glaucoma in Telugu
- గ్లాకోమా, గ్లకోమా, గ్లోకోమా
- glaucoma in Malayalam
- അന്ധതവരുത്തുന്ന ഒരു നേത്രരോഗം
- glaucoma in Kannada
- ಗಟ್ಟಿಗಣ್ಣು
- glaucoma in Punjabi
- ਕਾਲ਼ਾ ਮੋਤੀਆ kāḷā motīā
- glaucoma in Gujarati
- ગ્લુકોમા, ગ્લોકોમા
- glaucoma in Odia
- ଗ୍ଲକୋମା, ଗ୍ଲୁକୋମା, ଗ୍ଲୋକୋମା
- glaucoma in Nepali
- ग्लुकोमा, ग्लोकोमा, ग्लकोमा
- glaucoma in Arabic
- زَرَق zaraq, المَاء الأَزْرَق al-māʔ al-ʔazraq
- glaucoma in Persian
- آبسیاه ābsiyāh
- glaucoma in Vietnamese
- cườm nước
- glaucoma in Myanmar
- ရေတိမ် retim
Examples of glaucoma in a sentence
- He makes no mention of lenticular glaucoma, which is much more common than any of the three which he particularizes.1838, William Mackenzie, “Remarks on Lenticular Glaucoma”, in The London Medical Gazette; Being a Weekly Journal of Medicine and the...
- 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:
Forms of glaucoma
| plural | glaucomas |
|---|---|
| plural | glaucomata |
Origin of glaucoma
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλαύκωμα (glaúkōma, “an opacity of the crystalline lens”), derived from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green”).
Words formed from glaucoma
Questions about glaucoma
- What does glaucoma mean?
- Glaucoma means 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.
- What is glaucoma in Hindi?
- Glaucoma in Hindi is ग्लूकोमा, ग्लुकोमा, ग्लोकोमा. See Glaucoma meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use glaucoma in a sentence?
- He makes no mention of lenticular glaucoma, which is much more common than any of the three which he particularizes.
- What part of speech is glaucoma?
- Glaucoma is a noun.
- How do you pronounce glaucoma?
- Glaucoma is pronounced /ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of glaucoma?
- The plural of glaucoma is glaucomas.
Words near glaucoma in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: glaucoma (page history and authors); glaucoma (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glaucoma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glaucoma (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glaucoma (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glaucoma (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glaucoma (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glaucoma (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glaucoma (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਾਲ਼ਾ ਮੋਤੀਆ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); glaucoma (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glaucoma (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glaucoma (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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