amaurosis

[am-aw-roh-sis]

noun

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

amaurosis

/ ˌæmɔːˈrəʊsɪs, ˌæmɔːˈrɒtɪk /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• amaurotic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of amaurosis¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of amaurosis¹

C17: via New Latin from Greek: darkening, from amauroun to dim, darken