Glaucoma

Definition: Glaucoma

Glaucoma

Noun

1. Increased pressure in the eyeball due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor; damages the optic disc and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness).

Date "glaucoma" was first used: 1643. (references)

Etymology: Glaucoma \Glau*co"ma\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from light gray, blue gray.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Glaucoma

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristic an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Glaucoma

Synonym: Eye diseases. (additional references)

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Crosswords: Glaucoma

English words defined with "glaucoma": acute glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma ♦ chronic glaucoma ♦ Glaucomatous, Glaucosis ♦ iridotomy ♦ -oma ♦ open-angle glaucoma ♦ physostigmine, pilocarpine ♦ synechia ♦ tonometer. (references)

Specialty definitions using "glaucoma": Adrenergic beta-Antagonists ♦ Bupranolol ♦ capsular glaucoma ♦ Dichlorphenamide, Donders glaucomatous halo, Donders'rings ♦ Echothiophate Iodide, Elliot scotoma sign, Elliot's sign, Ethoxzolamide ♦ Glaucoma Drainage Implants, Glaucoma, Angle-Closure, Glaucoma, Neovascular, Glaucoma, Open-Angle, glaucomatous excavation of glaucomatous cup, glaucomatous excavation of papilla, glaucomatous excavation of papilla of optic nerve, goniotomy ♦ Hydrophthalmos ♦ Levobunolol ♦ Methazolamide, Mydriatics ♦ Ocular Hypertension, Optic Atrophy ♦ Sclerostomy, Synephrine ♦ Trabeculectomy, Tropicamide ♦ Vitrectomy. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Glaucoma" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (glaucoma), Portuguese (glaucoma, glaucous), Spanish (glaucoma).

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Modern Usage: Glaucoma

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

Tick, it's called glaucoma. (The Tick; writing credit: Larry Charles; Lon Diamond)

It's like I have glaucoma. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Glaucoma

Domain	Title
References	The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on Glaucoma (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Clinical Glaucoma Management: Critical Signs in Diagnosis and Therapy (reference) Coping With Glaucoma (reference) Glaucoma : The Guide to Saving Your Sight (reference) Glaucoma Surgical Techniques (Ophthalmology Monographs, 4) (reference) Ophthalmic Fundamentals: Glaucoma (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	International Glaucoma Association Professional Membership (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Photo Album: Glaucoma

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A scene as it might be viewed by a person with glaucoma.Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.		Glaucoma. Una enfermedad de los ojos que afecta la visión lateral. .Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.
	A tonometer measures pressure inside the eye and is one of several tests necessary to detect glaucoma.Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.		In many people, increased pressure inside the eye causes glaucoma. In the front of the eye is a space called the anterior chamber. A clear liquid flows continuously in and out of this space and nourishes nearby tissues.Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Glaucoma

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		View of boys by person with glaucoma. (references)
		People with a family history of glaucoma. (references)
		Many drugs are available to treat glaucoma. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Glaucoma

"Glaucoma" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glaucoma" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	26	68,323

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Glaucoma

Expressions using "glaucoma": acute glaucoma ♦ capsular glaucoma ♦ chronic glaucoma ♦ Glaucoma Drainage Implants. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Glaucoma

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
glaucoma	1,827	glaucoma laser surgery	9
glaucoma symptom	71	glaucoma test	9
glaucoma treatment	62	canine glaucoma	9
glaucoma surgery	41	acute glaucoma	8
glaucoma information	28	glaucoma eye drop	8
glaucoma alternative treatment	20	glaucoma specialist	8
glaucoma medication	18	normal tension glaucoma	8
dry eye glaucoma	18	low pressure glaucoma	7
glaucoma in dog	17	glaucoma foundation	7
narrow angle glaucoma	15	closed angle glaucoma	7
open angle glaucoma	14	juvenile glaucoma	7
glaucoma cause	13	dallas glaucoma	7
glaucoma dog	12	glaucoma timolol	7
glaucoma picture	12	glaucoma research	6
texas glaucoma	12	glaucoma drug	6
pigmentary glaucoma	11	glaucoma traitement	6
glaucoma hederacea	10	glaucoma angle closure	6
neovascular glaucoma	10	glaucoma eye disease	6
low tension glaucoma	10	glaucoma infant	6
congenital glaucoma	10	glaucoma hyperbaric oxygen	6
		glaucoma pressure	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Glaucoma

Language		Translations for "glaucoma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		glaukomë. (various references)

Arabic		‏الزرق علة في العين. (various references)

Bulgarian		глаукома. (various references)

Chinese		�'光眼. (various references)

Czech		glaukom, zelený zákal, onemocnìní oèí. (various references)

Danish		glaukom. (various references)

Dutch		glaucoom. (various references)

Farsi		کوری تدریجی , اب سیاه , اب سبز. (various references)

Finnish		viherkaihi, kaihi (cataract). (various references)

French		glaucome. (various references)

German		glaukom, grüner star. (various references)

Greek		γλαυκώμα. (various references)

Hebrew		ברקית. (various references)

Hungarian		glaukóma, zöldhályog. (various references)

Indonesian		glaukoma. (various references)

Italian		glaucoma (serous choroiditis). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�'内障 , 緑内障 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		りょくないしょう, あおそ�"ひ. (various references)

Korean		녹내장. (various references)

Pig Latin		aucomaglay

Portuguese		glaucoma (glaucous). (various references)

Romanian		glaucom. (various references)

Russian		глаукома. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		glaukom. (various references)

Spanish		glaucoma (serous choroiditis). (various references)

Swedish		glaukom. (various references)

Turkish		glakom, karasu. (various references)

Turkmen		garasuw. (various references)

Ukranian		глаукома. (various references)

Vietnamese		bệnh tăng nhãn áp. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Glaucoma

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	glaukoma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Glaucoma

Derivations
	Words beginning with "glaucoma": glaucomas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Glaucoma" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Galucci, Gaucelme, glacoma, Glaucia, glaucum, glaukoma, Glechoma, Glenchoma, glocoma, glucoma. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Glaucoma"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "glaucoma" (pronounced glôkō"mu)
4	-k ō" m u	coma.
3	-ō" m u	aroma, carcinoma, diploma, douma, lymphoma, melanoma, mesothelioma, papilloma, retinoblastoma, soma, stroma.
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Anagrams: Glaucoma

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-l-m-o-u"
	-1 letter: coagula.
	-2 letters: macula.
	-3 letters: alamo, algum, almug, coala, comal, gloam, guaco, locum, mogul, ulama.
	-4 letters: agma, alga, alma, alum, calm, calo, caul, clag, clam, clog, coal, cola, coma, culm, gala, gama, gaol, gaum, glom, glum, goal, lama, loam, loca, maul, mola, ogam.
	-5 letters: aal, aga, ago, ala, ama, amu, cam, cog, col, cum, gal, gam.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-l-m-o-u"
	+1 letter: glaucomas, guacamole.
	+2 letters: camouflage, guacamoles.
	+3 letters: camouflaged, camouflages, camouflagic, chaulmoogra.
	+4 letters: camouflaging, chaulmoogras.
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