amaurosis
amaurosis is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablepsy
- another
- avert
- away
- blind
- blindfold
- blindness
- blink
- cataract
- cecity
- close
- dark
- dazzle
- drop
- dust
- excecation
- from
- grope
- have
- hide
- hoodwink
- into
- limited
- look
- lose
- noctograph
- not
- out
- over
- poudre
- prestriction
- pull
- put
- render
- screen
- see
- serene
- shut
- sight
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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