CHRONIC GLAUCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chronic glaucoma mean? 

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

1. glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRONIC GLAUCOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

chronic glaucoma; open-angle glaucoma

Context example:

open-angle glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma

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

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