glaucoma
Kelime Anlamı :

1. glokom.
2. glokom hastalığı.
3. karasu.
4. glakom.
5. i., tıb. glokom, karasu.
6. gözde karasu hastalığı.
7. bir göz hastaIığı.
Tanımlar :
1. any of a group of eye diseases characterized by abnormally high intraocular fluid pressure, damaged optic disk, hardening of the eyeball, and partial to complete loss of vision.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. in pathology, a condition of increased tension or fluid-pressure within the eyeball, with progressive diminution of clearness of vision, and an excavation of the papilla of the optic nerve, resulting (unless properly treated) in blindness. also called glaucosis.
2. [capitalized] [nl. (Ehrenberg).] A genus of ciliate infusorians, of the group Colpodina. G. scintillans is an example.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)
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