amaurosis fugax

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A temporary blindness that may result from transient ischemia caused by an insufficiency of the carotid artery or exposure to centrifugal force.

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Amaurosis is a paralysis of the nerves of the eye: it is sometimes cured, but then gradually, and not instantaneously.
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Amaurotic (amaurosis, blindness) family idiocy is hereditary, and the child dies at about two years of age.
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If there are still some who cannot see that I am right, then let them, without delay, be operated upon for amaurosis.
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Cataract may be simple, or complicated with amaurosis, adhesions, etc.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture

Amaurosis, a weakness or loss of vision, the cause of which was at one time unknown.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood