| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amaurosis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | am·au·ro·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m ô-r  s s |
| NOUN: | Total loss of vision, especially when occurring without pathological changes to the eye. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek amaursis, from amauros, dark. | | OTHER FORMS: | amau·rotic (-r tk) —ADJECTIVE
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