GLAUCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glaucoma mean? 

• GLAUCOMA (noun)
  The noun GLAUCOMA has 1 sense:

1. an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)

  Familiarity information: GLAUCOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLAUCOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure

Hypernyms ("glaucoma" is a kind of...):

eye disease (any disease of the eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glaucoma"):

acute glaucoma; angle-closure glaucoma; closed-angle glaucoma (glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor)

normal tension glaucoma (glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal)

chronic glaucoma; open-angle glaucoma (glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision)

 Context examples 

A sterile ophthalmic solution containing 0.03% of a synthetic prostaglandin analog bimatoprost with hair-growing and anti-glaucoma activities.

(Bimatoprost Ophthalmic Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

Without treatment, people with glaucoma will slowly lose their peripheral, or side vision.

(Glaucoma, NIH: National Eye Institute)

This drug is used in the treatment of glaucoma to reduce intraocular pressure.

(Brimonidine Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Bimatoprost is also used under the name Lumigan to treat glaucoma (a build-up of fluid in the eye).

(Bimatoprost, NCI Dictionary)

Some studies have demonstrated that blood flow and pressure inside the eye may change with exercise, which may affect glaucoma risk.

(Another Reason to Exercise: Protecting Your Sight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Brinzolamide is used to treat increased pressure in the eye caused by open-angle glaucoma.

(Brinzolamide, NCI Thesaurus)

This drug is administered ocularly to induce miosis to reduce intraocular pressure in the treatment of glaucoma.

(Carbachol, NCI Thesaurus)

Alleles GpnmbR150X and Tyrp1isa contribute to an eye phenotype that closely resembles human hereditary glaucoma.

(DBA/2 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

A sulfonamide and carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitor with diuretic and anti-glaucoma activity.

(Ethoxzolamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Glaucoma happens when pressure builds up in the eye, damaging the main nerve.

(Diabetic Eye Problems, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)