Absolute glaucoma
absolute glaucoma
absolute glaucoma n.
The final stage of blindness in glaucoma.
Historical Examples
Only such eyes as have high hypertony, for example, in absolute glaucoma, are unaffected during chloroform narcosis.
Glaucoma Various
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