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单词 glaucoma
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glaucoma

(glɔːkoʊmə, US glaʊ-)
uncountable noun
Glaucoma is an eye disease which can cause people to go gradually blind.

glaucoma in British English

(ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə)
noun
a disease of the eye in which pressure within the eyeball damages the optic disc, impairing vision, sometimes progressing to blindness
Derived forms
glaucomatous (glauˈcomatous)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Latin, from Greek glaukōma, from glaukos; see glaucous

glaucoma in American English

(glɔˈkoʊmə; glaʊˈkoʊmə)
noun
any of a group of related eye disorders characterized by increased pressure within the eye which impairs the vision and may slowly cause eye damage and total loss of vision
Derived forms
glaucomatous (glauˈcomatous) (glɔˈkoʊmətəs; glɔˈkoʊmətəs; glaʊˈkɑmətəs; glaʊˈkɑmətəs)
adjective
Word origin
L < Gr glaukōma < glaukos (see glauco-) + -oma

Examples of 'glaucoma' in a sentence
glaucoma

Eye examinations can pick up diseases such as glaucoma which often have no symptoms.
The Sun (2016)
The banker was born with congenital glaucoma and went totally blind aged four.
The Sun (2010)
He was already blind in his left eye due to glaucoma and cataracts.
The Sun (2008)
The liquid destroyed her left eye while scars, cataracts and glaucoma closed her right one.
The Sun (2015)
She walks with a stick: she is blind in her left eye because of glaucoma.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
 Secondary glaucoma is the result of an eye injury or other eye condition, such as inflammation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
MY husband lost his left eye to glaucoma despite having eight operations.
The Sun (2012)
He was blinded by glaucoma two years ago and is one of eight blind or partially sighted waiters trained to help diners through their meals.
The Sun (2006)
AN elephant suffering from cataracts and glaucoma has become the first in the country to have an eye removed.
The Sun (2011)
We were given a name, just not the one we would have chosen - congenital glaucoma.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
An old woman, hopelessly blinded by glaucoma, and her daughter sit together.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

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