amaurosis noun. [amɔ:'rǝʊsɪs] M17.
[Greek amaurōsis, from amauroun darken: see -OSIS.]
Medicine. Partial or total blindness, without apparent change in the eye. Freq. in amaurosis fugax ['fju:gaks] [see FUGACIOUS], a transient loss of vision.

■ amaurotic [-'rɒtɪk] adjective affected or characterized by amaurosis E19.

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