What does closed-angle glaucoma mean?

closed-angle glaucoma means "glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor".

What is another word for closed-angle glaucoma?

Close synonyms include acute glaucoma, angle-closure 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 closed-angle glaucoma a common word?

closed-angle 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.

closed-angle glaucoma — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor
“closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular pressure that results in permanent visual damage in a couple of days”
Synonymsacute glaucoma angle-closure glaucoma
Broaderglaucoma

Questions about closed-angle glaucoma

What does closed-angle glaucoma mean?: closed-angle glaucoma means "glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor".
What is another word for closed-angle glaucoma?: Close synonyms include acute glaucoma, angle-closure 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.

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