different between glaucoma vs glaucous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (glaúk?ma, “an opacity of the crystalline lens”), derived from ??????? (glaukós, “blue-green”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l???k??m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l???ko?m?/, /?la??ko?m?/

Noun

glaucoma (countable and uncountable, plural glaucomas)

1. (pathology) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

Derived terms

• glaucomatous

Translations

Italian

Noun

glaucoma m (plural glaucomi)

1. (medicine) glaucoma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (glaúk?ma)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lau??ko?.ma/, [???äu??ko?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lau??ko.ma/, [?l?u??k??m?]

Noun

glauc?ma n (genitive glauc?matis); third declension

1. dimming of the vitreous body in the eye, glaucoma
2. chicanery, con game, swack

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Portuguese

Noun

glaucoma m (plural glaucomas)

1. (pathology) glaucoma (eye disease)

Related terms

• glauco

Spanish

Noun

glaucoma m (plural glaucomas)

1. glaucoma

English

Etymology

From Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”), 1670s. See Irish glas.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l??.k?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??l?.k?s/, /??l?.k?s/
• Rhymes: -??k?s

Adjective

glaucous (comparative more glaucous, superlative most glaucous)

1. (color) Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.
2. (botany) Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.

Derived terms

• glaucous gull
• glaucous sedge
• glaucous-winged gull

Related terms

• glaucescent
• glaucoma
• glauconite
• subglaucous

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References