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GLAUCOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)
Example:
contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("glaucoma" is a kind of...):
eye disease (any disease of the eye)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glaucoma"):
acute glaucoma; angle-closure glaucoma; closed-angle glaucoma (glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor)
normal tension glaucoma (glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal)
chronic glaucoma; open-angle glaucoma (glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision)
Context examples:
Fundoscopy may be used to check for eye problems, such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, eye cancer, optic nerve problems, or eye injury.
(Fundoscopy, NCI Dictionary)
Funduscopy may be used to check for eye problems, such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, eye cancer, optic nerve problems, or eye injury.
(Funduscopy, NCI Dictionary)
Glaucoma can damage the optic nerve and cause loss of vision or blindness.
(Glaucoma, NCI Dictionary)
Glaucoma is most often caused by a buildup of pressure inside the eye.
(Glaucoma-related genes revealed, NIH)
Acquired causes include ischemia, optic nerve neuropathy, glaucoma, trauma, radiation, brain tumors, and multiple sclerosis.
(Optic Atrophy, NCI Thesaurus)
Ophthalmoscopy may be used to check for eye problems, such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, eye cancer, optic nerve problems, or eye injury.
(Ophthalmoscopy, NCI Dictionary)
One in every 50 people over the age of 40 has early signs of glaucoma, although the vast majority go undetected at this stage.
(Air Pollution Can Trigger Glaucoma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Pilocarpine is used as a miotic and in the treatment of glaucoma.
(Pilocarpine Hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A condition in which the intraocular pressure is elevated above normal and which may lead to glaucoma.
(Ocular Hypertension, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is characterized by fingernail deformities, absence or hypoplasia of the patellae, iliac horns, deformities of the radial heads, nephropathy, and glaucoma.
(Nail-Patella Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
