amaurosis

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌæ.mɔˈɹoʊ.səs/ (US)

Definition of amaurosis

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.
    “Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of inherited blinding diseases with onset during childhood.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin amaurōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀμαύρωσις (amaúrōsis, “dimming, obscuring, amaurosis”), from ᾰ̓μαυρόω (ămauróō, “to grow dim”), from ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dim”).

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