amaurosis

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US/ˌæ.mɔˈɹoʊ.səs/

noun

Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.

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OriginNew Latin amaurōsis ← Ancient Greek ἀμαύρωσις →
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Meanings

nounamaurosis (countable and uncountable, plural amauroses)

plural amauroses

  1. countableuncountableAny form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.

    Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of inherited blinding diseases with onset during childhood.

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  2. countableuncountableBlindness in a general or figurative sense.

    Today, we begin to end this amaurosis of ours.

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Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀμαύρωσις“dimming, obscuring, amaurosis”
  2. New Latinamaurōsis
  3. Englishamaurosis

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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Translations

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς
  • ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (ămaúrōsĭs)blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
Arabic كُمْنَة
  • كُمْنَة (kumna)blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
French amaurose
  • amauroseblindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
Latin amaurōsis
  • amaurōsisblindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
Portuguese amaurose
  • amauroseblindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
Spanish amaurosis
  • amaurosisblindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
Urdu بطلان بصر, ذہاب بصر
  • بطلان بصر (butlān-e-basr)blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
  • ذہاب بصر (zihāb-e-basr)blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
  • فقد النظر (faqd-ul-nazar)blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
  • کمنہ (kumna)blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye
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APA

amaurosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amaurosis

MLA

“amaurosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amaurosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amaurosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amaurosis.

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