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'''Amaurosis''' (Greek meaning ''darkening'', ''dark'', or ''obscure'') is [[vision loss]] or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the [[eye]] [http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_a_27zPzhtm]. It may result from either a medical condition or from excess acceleration, as in flight. The term is the same as the [[Latin language|Latin]] ''gutta serena''. '''Amaurosis fugax''' (Latin ''fugax'' meaning ''fleeting'', Greek ''amaurosis'' meaning ''darkening'', ''dark'', or ''obscure'') is a [[transient]] monocular visual loss.<ref name="fisher">Fisher, C. "'Transient monocular blindness' versus 'amaurosis fugax.'" ''Neurology.'' 1989;39(12):1622-4. PMID 2685658.</ref> | '''Amaurosis''' (Greek meaning ''darkening'', ''dark'', or ''obscure'') is [[vision loss]] or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the [[eye]] [http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_a_27zPzhtm]. It may result from either a medical condition or from excess acceleration, as in flight. The term is the same as the [[Latin language|Latin]] ''gutta serena''. '''Amaurosis fugax''' (Latin ''fugax'' meaning ''fleeting'', Greek ''amaurosis'' meaning ''darkening'', ''dark'', or ''obscure'') is a [[transient]] monocular visual loss.<ref name="fisher">Fisher, C. "'Transient monocular blindness' versus 'amaurosis fugax.'" ''Neurology.'' 1989;39(12):1622-4. PMID 2685658.</ref> | ||
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Overview
Amaurosis (Greek meaning darkening, dark, or obscure) is vision loss or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the eye [2]. It may result from either a medical condition or from excess acceleration, as in flight. The term is the same as the Latin gutta serena. Amaurosis fugax (Latin fugax meaning fleeting, Greek amaurosis meaning darkening, dark, or obscure) is a transient monocular visual loss.[1]
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- ↑ Fisher, C. "'Transient monocular blindness' versus 'amaurosis fugax.'" Neurology. 1989;39(12):1622-4. PMID 2685658.