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Glaucoma
Glaucoma Glau*co"ma, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? light gray, blue
gray.] (Med.)
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.
Meaning of Glaucoma from wikipedia
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Glaucoma is a
group of eye
diseases that can lead to
damage of the
optic nerve. The
optic nerve transmits visual information from the eye to the brain...
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Primary congenital glaucoma is a rare eye
condition that is
present at
birth or
develops early in childhood. It
occurs due to
improper drainage of the...
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Glaucoma medication is
divided into
groups based on
chemical structure and
pharmacologic action. The goal of
currently available glaucoma therapy is to...
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Canine glaucoma refers to a
group of
diseases in dogs that
affect the
optic nerve and
involve a loss of
retinal ganglion cells in a
characteristic pattern...
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Glaucoma is a
group of
diseases affecting the
optic nerve that
results in
vision loss and is
frequently characterized by
raised intraocular pressure (IOP)...
- turn, a
buildup of
pressure leading to
glaucoma and loss of
vision (pseudoexfoliation
glaucoma,
exfoliation glaucoma). As
worldwide po****tions
become older...
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Secondary glaucoma is a
collection of
progressive optic nerve disorders ****ociated with a rise in
intraocular pressure (IOP)
which results in the loss...
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Phacolytic glaucoma (PG) is a form of
glaucoma which is
caused due to a
leaking mature or
immature cataract.
Inflammatory glaucoma which occurs in phacolysis...
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phakomatoses and is
often ****ociated with port-wine
stains of the face,
glaucoma, seizures,
intellectual disability, and
ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma...
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globally are
uncorrected refractive errors (43%),
cataracts (33%), and
glaucoma (2%).
Refractive errors include near-sightedness, far-sightedness, presbyopia...
