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Definition: Amaurosis |
AmaurosisNoun1. Partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Amaurosis \Am`au*ro"sis\, noun. [from Greek expression, from dark, diminutive]. (Websters 1913) |
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Medicine | Partial or total blindness from any cause. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Amaurosis |
| English words defined with "amaurosis": amaurotic, Amblyopy ♦ Glasseye. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "amaurosis": Amaurosis Fugax, amaurosis partialis fugax ♦ Drop Serene ♦ partial fugacious amaurosis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Amaurosis" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (amaurosis). |
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Health | Systemic diseases, such as Leber's congenital amaurosis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Down syndrome, and osteogenesis imperfecta. (references) | |
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Expressions using "amaurosis": Amaurosis Fugax ♦ amaurosis partialis fugax ♦ partial fugacious amaurosis. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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amaurosis fugax | 35 |
amaurosis congenital leber | 8 |
amaurosis | 8 |
amaurosis congenital lebers | 7 |
amaurosis lebers | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "amaurosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Burns'amaurose (Burns amaurosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | amaurose (blindness), ablepsia (blindness), caecitas amaurosis (blindness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | amaurose, cécité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Amaurosis (blindness), Amaurose (blindness), Ablepsie (blindness), schwarzer star. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμαύρωση Burns (Burns amaurosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ambliopia postmaritale (Burns amaurosis), ambliopia di Burns (Burns amaurosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '底翳 (black cataract), '内障 (black cataract), 明き盲 (illiterate or blind person, person who sees without understanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くろそ"ひ (black cataract), "くないしょう (black cataract), あきめくら (illiterate or blind person, person who sees without understanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amaurosisay amaurose (blindness). (various references) slepilo (blindness), gubitak vida. (various references) amaurosis (blindness). (various references) амавроз, повна сліпота. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "amaurosis" (pronounced 'Am`au*ro"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis, Coreopsis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-m-o-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: mosasaur, samurais. | |
-2 letters: amusias, asarums, samurai, souaris. | |
-3 letters: amours, amusia, aromas, asarum, miaous, morass, ramous, rimous, samosa, simars, souari. | |
-4 letters: amass, amias, amirs, amiss, amour, arias, aroma, arsis, arums, assai, auras, auris, maars, mairs, maria, massa, miaou, misos, moira, moras, muras, oasis, omasa, ossia, raias, ramus, risus, roams, saris, saros, simar, simas, soars, somas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-m-o-r-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: sanatoriums. | |
+4 letters: masturbations. | |
+5 letters: summarizations, transmutations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 61 75 72 6F 73 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- .- ..- .-. --- ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01100001 01110101 01110010 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m a u r o s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 0061 0075 0072 006F 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357967878481857585 |
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