amauroses
ɔˈroʊ noun
partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
Origin:
1650–60; < Greek: darkening, hindrance to sight, equivalent to amaur(ós) dim, dark + -ōsis -osis
1650–60; < Greek: darkening, hindrance to sight, equivalent to amaur(ós) dim, dark + -ōsis -osis
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amaurosis (ˌæmɔːˈrəʊsɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| pathol blindness, esp when occurring without observable damage to the eye | |
| [C17: via New Latin from Greek: darkening, from amauroun to dim, darken] | |
| amaurotic | |
| —adj | |
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Amauroses
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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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