glaucoma (n)

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type n
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def an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)
examples contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure
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Hypernym eye disease
Hyponym acute glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma; normal tension glaucoma; chronic glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma
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Hyponym eye disease
Hypernym acute glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma; normal tension glaucoma; chronic glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma

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