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Amaurosis

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

(Gr. for "blinding,"), a term for "deprivation of sight," limited chiefly to those forms of defect or loss of vision which are caused by diseases not directly involving the eye.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Amaurosis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/amaurosis.html. 1910.