Etymology

amaurosis

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Today it means: Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve. Full definition →

New Latin amaurōsis ← Ancient Greek ἀμαύρωσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμαύρωσις“dimming, obscuring, amaurosis”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromamaurōsis
  3. English todayamaurosis

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

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