amaurosis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin amaurōsis.

Noun

amaurosis (countable and uncountable, plural amauroses)

  1. Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (amaúrōsis).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.mau̯ˈroː.sis/, [a.mau̯ˈroː.sɪs]

Noun

amaurōsis f (genitive amaurōsis or amaurōseōs or amaurōsios); third declension

  1. (New Latin) amaurosis

Declension

Third declension: in the singular, Greek-type and i-stem forms; in the plural, Latin i-stem forms only.

Number Singular Plural
nominative amaurōsis amaurōsēs
genitive amaurōsis
amaurōseōs
amaurōsios		 amaurōsium
dative amaurōsī amaurōsibus
accusative amaurōsin
amaurōsim
amaurōsem		 amaurōsēs
ablative amaurōsī
amaurōse		 amaurōsibus
vocative amaurōsi
amaurōsis		 amaurōsēs

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