AMAUROSIS
\ˌaməɹˈə͡ʊsɪs], \ˌaməɹˈəʊsɪs], \ˌa_m_ə_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Diminution, or complete loss of sight, without any perceptible alteration in the organization of the eye; generally, perhaps, owing to loss of power of the optic nerve or retina-Optic ancesthe'sia. Counter-irritants are the most successful remedial agents, although the disease is always very difficult of removal, and generally totally incurable.
By Robley Dunglison
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Blindness from disease of the optic nerve or of the retina. It may be albuminuric or due to renal disease; cerebral or due to brain-disease; congenital, when existing from birth; diabetic, when associated with diabetes; reflex, caused by reflex action of remote irritation; saburral, when occurring in an attack of acute gastritis; uremic, when due to uremia.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Blindness unaccompanied by lesions demonstrable by the ophthalmoscope. At present the term is not much used.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.