Betekenis van:
glaucoma
glaucoma
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- bepaalde oogziekte
- an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)
"contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure"
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- I had an operation for glaucoma last year.
- Glaucoma
- Congenital glaucoma
- Purpose: treatment of glaucoma.
- Congenital glaucoma Congenital heart disease
- Purpose: treatment of glaucoma. Topical use.
- Purpose: treatment of glaucoma, epiphora, nasal oedema and splenic entrapment.
- Identification of alternatives: tropicamide, (for glaucoma), otherwise none identified.
- Discussion of the specific advantages: both phenylephrine and tropicamide have been shown to be equally effective in the treatment of glaucoma.