| NOUN | state | glaucoma | an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness) |
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| Sounds | glaokow'mah | |
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| Rhymes | Alabama ... Yuma: 82 rhymes with mah... | |
| Meaning | An eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness). | |
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| Example | "contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure" | |
| Narrower | acute glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma | glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor |
| chronic glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma | glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm | |
| normal tension glaucoma | glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal | |
| Broader | eye disease | Any disease of the eye |
| Spanish | glaucoma | |
| Catalan | glaucoma | |
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