amaurosis
English
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from New Latin amaurōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀμαύρωσις (amaúrōsis, “dimming, obscuring, amaurosis”), from ᾰ̓μαυρόω (amauróō, “to grow dim”), from ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dim”).
Pronunciation
    
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæ.mɔˈɹoʊ.səs/
Noun
    
amaurosis (countable and uncountable, plural amauroses)
- Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.
- 2008 May 22, Albert M. Maguire, “Safety and Efficacy of Gene Transfer for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 358, page 2240:- Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of inherited blinding diseases with onset during childhood.
 
 
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Latin
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (amaúrōsis).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.mau̯ˈroː.sis/, [ämäu̯ˈroːs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.mau̯ˈro.sis/, [ämäu̯ˈrɔːs̬is]
Noun
    
amaurōsis f (genitive amaurōsis or amaurōseōs or amaurōsios); third declension
Declension
    
Third declension: in the singular, Greek-type and i-stem forms; in the plural, Latin i-stem forms only.
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amaurōsis | amaurōsēs | 
| Genitive | amaurōsis amaurōseōs amaurōsios | amaurōsium | 
| Dative | amaurōsī | amaurōsibus | 
| Accusative | amaurōsim amaurōsin amaurōsem1 | amaurōsēs amaurōsīs | 
| Ablative | amaurōsī amaurōse1 | amaurōsibus | 
| Vocative | amaurōsis amaurōsi | amaurōsēs | 
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Spanish
    
    Etymology
    
From Scientific Latin amaurōsis, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (amaúrōsis).[1]
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /amauˈɾosis/ [a.mau̯ˈɾo.sis]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: a‧mau‧ro‧sis
References
    
- “amaurosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
    
- “amaurosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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