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Amaurosis

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am⋅au⋅ro⋅sis

  [am-aw-roh-sis]
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–noun
partial or total loss of sight, esp. in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
Origin:
1650–60; < Gk: darkening, hindrance to sight, equiv. to amaur(ós) dim, dark + -ōsis -osis

Related forms:
am⋅au⋅rot⋅ic  [am-aw-rot-ik] , adjective
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am·au·ro·sis   (ām'ô-rō'sĭs)   
n.  Total loss of vision, especially when occurring without pathological changes to the eye.

[Greek amaurōsis, from amauros, dark.]
am'au·rot'ic (-rŏt'ĭk) adj.
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Main Entry: am·au·ro·sis
Pronunciation: "am-o-'rO-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural am·au·ro·ses /-"sEz/
: partial or complete loss of sight occurring especially without an externally perceptible change in the eye —am·au·rot·ic /-'rät-ik/ adjective
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amaurosis am·au·ro·sis (ām'ô-rō'sĭs)
n.
Blindness, especially without apparent change in the eye, as from a cortical lesion.

am'au·rot'ic (-rŏt'ĭk) adj.

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