angle-closure glaucoma

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angle-closure glaucoma - glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular pressure that results in permanent visual damage in a couple of days"acute glaucoma, closed-angle glaucomaglaucoma - 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"

angle-closure glaucoma

an·gle-·clo·sure glau·co·ma

primary glaucoma in which contact of the iris with the peripheral cornea excludes aqueous humor from the trabecular drainage meshwork. Synonym(s): acute glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma, narrow-angle glaucoma

an·gle-clo·sure glau·co·ma

(ang'gĕl-klō'zhŭr glaw-kō'mă) Primary glaucoma in which contact of the iris with the peripheral cornea excludes aqueous humor from the trabecular drainage meshwork; may develop in either eye or both.
Synonym(s): narrow-angle glaucoma.

angle-closure glaucoma

An acute or subacute condition of raised pressure within the eye due to an obstruction to the normal outflow of aqueous humour from the eye. This may be due to structural factors such as undue narrowness of the angle between the back of the cornea and the iris or to inflammatory adhesions. The condition can usually be corrected by an operation to make a small opening in the periphery of the iris (a peripheral iridectomy or iridotomy). This may be done with a LASER.

angle-closure glaucoma

angle-closure glaucoma

an·gle-·clo·sure glau·co·ma

an·gle-clo·sure glau·co·ma

angle-closure glaucoma

angle-closure glaucoma

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noun glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor

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