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A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.
Amaurosis
Encyclopedia Britannica
AMAUROSIS (άμαύρωσις ), a deprivation of sight. The term is now limited chiefly to those forms of defect or loss of vision which are caused by diseases not directly involving the eye, although sooner or later the optic nerve undergoes changes recognisable by the ophthalmoscope. Sometimes the amaurosis is temporary, disappearing with the removal of the disease with which it is associated; but in many cases, more especially where the brain and spinal cord are affected, the amaurosis remains permanent.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 654
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Blindness Roget’s Thesaurus §442
N. blindness, cecity, excecation|, amaurosis, cataract, ablepsy|, ablepsia, prestriction|, dim- sightedness, braille, braille-type, guttaserena ("drop serene"), noctograph, teichopsia
V. be blind, not see, lose sight of, have the eyes bandaged, grope in the dark, not look, close the eyes, shut the eyes-, turn away the eyes, avert the eyes, look another way, wink, shut the eyes to, be blind to, wink at, blink at, render blind, blind, blindfold, hoodwink, dazzle, put one's eyes out, throw dust into one's eyes, pull the wool over one's eyes, jeter de la poudre aux yeux, screen from sight
Adj. blind, eyeless, sightless, visionless, dark, stone-blind, sand- blind, stark-blind, undiscerning, dimsighted, blind as a bat, blind as a buzzard, blind as a beetle, blind as a mole, blind as an owl, wall-eyed, blinded
Phr. "o dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon"
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