Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or affected with amaurosis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

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  • adjective Pertaining to amaurosis.

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  • adjective pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis

Etymologies

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amaurosis +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • A tincture is made (H.) from the whole plant with spirit of wine, and this proves most useful for clearing obscuration of the sight, when there is a sense, especially in the open-air, of a white vibrating mist before the eyes; and therefore it has been given with marked success in early stages of amaurotic paralysis of the retina.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

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