NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does normal tension glaucoma mean? 

• NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA (noun)
  The noun NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA has 1 sense:

1. glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("normal tension glaucoma" is a kind of...):

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