normal tension glaucoma

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   glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal

   Broaderglaucoma

Questions about normal tension glaucoma

What does normal tension glaucoma mean?

normal tension glaucoma means "glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal".

Is normal tension glaucoma a common word?

normal tension 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.