amaurosis

American  

[am-aw-roh-sis] / ˌæm ɔˈroʊ sɪs /

noun

1. partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.

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amaurosis British  

/ ˌæmɔːˈrəʊsɪs /

noun

1. pathol blindness, esp when occurring without observable damage to the eye

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Other Word Forms

• amaurotic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of amaurosis

1650–60; < Greek: darkening, hindrance to sight, equivalent to amaur ( ós ) dim, dark + -ōsis -osis

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Example Sentences

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amaurosis

The findings deepen understanding of how mutations in the RPE65 enzyme cause retinal diseases, especially Leber congenital amaurosis, a devastating childhood blinding disease.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024

Toben has a rare genetic condition called Leber's congenital amaurosis.

From BBC ● May 27, 2022

Trial participants have Leber congenital amaurosis type 10, caused by a mutated gene that the trial aimed to fix.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 6, 2021

Last July, the pharmaceutical companies Editas Medicine in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Allergan in Dublin launched a trial to treat the genetic disorder Leber congenital amaurosis 10, which can cause blindness, by editing eye cells.

From Nature ● Jan. 5, 2020

It was likewise used in intermittent fever, in bilious affections, amaurosis, hernia humoralis, dysentery, chronic rheumatism, &c.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache

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