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词汇 amaurosis
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Definition of amaurosis in English:

amaurosis

nounˌamɔːˈrəʊsɪsˌæmɔˈroʊsəs
mass nounMedicine
  • Partial or total blindness without visible change in the eye, typically due to disease of the optic nerve, spinal cord, or brain.

    〔医〕黑矇(部分或完全失明)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Leber congenital amaurosis is an inherited disease that is believed to cause up to 20 percent of all cases of childhood blindness.
    • Another popular writer of detective stories was Ernest Bramah, creator of the blind detective Max Carrados, sufferer of amaurosis.
    • Other visual symptoms may include amaurosis fugax, diplopia and partial loss of vision.

Derivatives

  • amaurotic

  • adjectiveˌamɔːˈrɒtɪkˌæmɔˈrɑdɪk
    Medicine
    • Before coming to America, those living in small communities in Europe occasionally suffered from amaurotic idiocy, an inherited pathology attributed to inbreeding.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Klenk found no increase in the total amount of gangliosides; but Cumings reported an increase in the neuraminic acid level in the cortex in adult cases of amaurotic family idiocy.
      • The condition differs from the other forms of amaurotic idiocy by virtue of lack of fundal changes and the presence of significant cerebellar dysfunction.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek amaurōsis, from amauroun 'darken', from amauros 'dim'.

Definition of amaurosis in US English:

amaurosis

nounˌæmɔˈroʊsəsˌamôˈrōsəs
Medicine
  • Partial or total blindness without visible change in the eye, typically due to disease of the optic nerve, spinal cord, or brain.

    〔医〕黑矇(部分或完全失明)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Leber congenital amaurosis is an inherited disease that is believed to cause up to 20 percent of all cases of childhood blindness.
    • Another popular writer of detective stories was Ernest Bramah, creator of the blind detective Max Carrados, sufferer of amaurosis.
    • Other visual symptoms may include amaurosis fugax, diplopia and partial loss of vision.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek amaurōsis, from amauroun ‘darken’, from amauros ‘dim’.

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