amaurosis
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin amaurōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀμαύρωσις (amaúrōsis, “dimming, obscuring, amaurosis”), from ᾰ̓μαυρόω (ămauróō, “to grow dim”), from ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dim”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editamaurosis (countable and uncountable, plural amauroses)
- Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.
- 2008 May 22, Albert M. Maguire, “Safety and Efficacy of Gene Transfer for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 358, page 2240:
- Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of inherited blinding diseases with onset during childhood.
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editblindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
Further reading
editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (ămaúrōsĭs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.mau̯ˈroː.sis/, [ämäu̯ˈroːs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.mau̯ˈro.sis/, [ämäu̯ˈrɔːs̬is]
Noun
editamaurōsis f (genitive amaurōsis or amaurōseōs or amaurōsios); third declension
Declension
editThird declension: in the singular, Greek-type and i-stem forms; in the plural, Latin i-stem forms only.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | amaurōsis | amaurōsēs |
genitive | amaurōsis amaurōseōs amaurōsios |
amaurōsium |
dative | amaurōsī | amaurōsibus |
accusative | amaurōsim amaurōsin amaurōsem1 |
amaurōsēs amaurōsīs |
ablative | amaurōsī amaurōse1 |
amaurōsibus |
vocative | amaurōsis amaurōsi |
amaurōsēs |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom Scientific Latin amaurōsis, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (ămaúrōsĭs).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editamaurosis f (plural amaurosis)
References
edit- ^ “amaurosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Further reading
edit- “amaurosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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