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noun Etymology: Latin, cataract, from Greek glaukoma, from glaukoun to have a cataract, from glaukos Date: 1885 a disease of the eye marked by increased pressure within the eyeball that can result in damage to the optic disk and gradual loss of vision ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. an eye-condition with increased pressure within the eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight. Derivatives glaucomatous adj. Etymology: L f. Gk glaukoma -atos, ult. f. glaukos: see GLAUCOUS ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n an eye disease in which increased pressure inside your eye gradually makes you lose your sight ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1643, from Gk. glaukoma "cataract, opacity of the lens" (cataracts and glaucoma not distinguished until c.1705), from glaukos, an adj. of uncertain origin, used in Homer of the sea as "gleaming, silvery" (apparently without a color connotation); used later with a sense of "bluish-green, gray," of olive leaves and eyes. Homer's glauk-opis Athene could be a "bright-eyed" or a "gray-eyed" goddess. Gk. for "owl" was glauk- from its bright, staring eyes. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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