chronic glaucoma

1. 1.

   glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision

   “open-angle glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma”

   Synonymsopen-angle glaucoma

   Broaderglaucoma

Questions about chronic glaucoma

What does chronic glaucoma mean?

chronic glaucoma means "glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision".

What is another word for chronic glaucoma?

Close synonyms include open-angle glaucoma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chronic glaucoma a common word?

chronic glaucoma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.