Glaucoma

[glɔː'kəʊmə] or [glaʊ'komə]

Definition

(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'.

Editor: Stanton--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Edited by Gene

Definition

n. an insidious disease of the eye marked by increased tension within the eyeball growing dimness of vision and an excavation of the papilla of the optic nerve—also Glaucō′sis.—adj. Glaucom′atous.

Editor: Mary