different between glaucoma vs unoprostone

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

Noun

unoprostone (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A prostaglandin analogue whose isopropyl ester is used to treat glaucoma and ocular hypertension.