amaurosis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin amaurōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀμαύρωσις (amaúrōsis, “dimming, obscuring, amaurosis”), from ᾰ̓μαυρόω (amauróō, “to grow dim”), from ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dim”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.mɔˈɹoʊ.səs/

Noun

amaurosis (countable and uncountable, plural amauroses)

1. 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

• drop serene
• gutta serena

Related terms

• amaurotic

Translations

blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye

• Arabic: كُمْنَة (kumna)
• French: amaurose (fr) f
• Galician: amaurose (gl) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς f (amaúrōsis)

• Latin: amaurōsis f (New Latin)
• Portuguese: amaurose f
• Spanish: amaurosis f

Further reading

• amaurosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (amaúrōsis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.mau̯ˈroː.sis/, [ämäu̯ˈroːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.mau̯ˈro.sis/, [ämäu̯ˈrɔːs̬is]

Noun

amaurōsis f (genitive amaurōsis or amaurōseōs or amaurōsios); third declension

1. (New Latin) amaurosis

Declension

Third declension: in the singular, Greek-type and i-stem forms; in the plural, Latin i-stem forms only.

Case	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

• English: amaurosis
• Spanish: amaurosis

Spanish

Etymology

From Scientific Latin amaurōsis, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (amaúrōsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amauˈɾosis/ [a.mau̯ˈɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: a‧mau‧ro‧sis

Noun

amaurosis f (plural amaurosis)

1. (pathology) amaurosis

Further reading

• “amaurosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014