glaucoma

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλαύκωμα (glaúkōma, “an opacity of the crystalline lens”), derived from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/ (US) IPA(key): /ɡlɔːˈkoʊmə/, /ɡlaʊˈkoʊmə/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɡlɑˈkoʊmə/ === Noun === glaucoma (countable and uncountable, plural glaucomas or glaucomata) (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 ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlawˈkɔ.ma/ Rhymes: -ɔma Hyphenation: glau‧cò‧ma === Noun === glaucoma m (plural glaucomi) (pathology) glaucoma == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek γλαύκωμα (glaúkōma). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɫau̯ˈkoː.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡlau̯ˈkɔː.ma] === Noun === glaucōma n (genitive glaucōmatis); third declension dimming of the vitreous body in the eye, glaucoma chicanery, con game, swack ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== → English: glaucoma → Finnish: glaukooma → French: glaucome (learned) → Italian: glaucoma (learned) → Portuguese: glaucoma (learned) → Spanish: glaucoma (learned) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -omɐ Hyphenation: glau‧co‧ma === Noun === glaucoma m (plural glaucomas) (pathology) glaucoma (eye disease) ==== Related terms ==== glauco === Further reading === “glaucoma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “glaucoma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlauˈkoma/ [ɡlau̯ˈko.ma] Rhymes: -oma Syllabification: glau‧co‧ma === Noun === glaucoma m (plural glaucomas) glaucoma === Further reading === “glaucoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025