eye disease
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1. any disease of the eye (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | disease, |
| definition | : | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cataract, |
| definition | : | an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | macular edema, |
| definition | : | an eye disease caused by a swelling of the macula resulting from leakage and accumulation of fluid (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cystoid macular edema, |
| definition | : | a specific pattern of swelling in the central retina (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | drusen, |
| definition | : | (plural) an eye disease resulting from small accumulations of hyaline bodies underneath the retina (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | glaucoma, |
| definition | : | an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | keratonosus, |
| definition | : | any disease of the cornea (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | macular degeneration, |
| definition | : | eye disease caused by degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea and results in blurred vision; can cause blindness (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | retinopathy, |
| definition | : | a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | trachoma, |
| definition | : | a chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | leucoma, leukoma, |
| definition | : | eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea (noun.state) |
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