Glau-cō'mā, n.

n. [Lat., Gr. γλαύκωμα, from γλαυκοῦν, to make grayish; γλαυκός, light-gray, blue-gray, Lat. glaucus, Fr. glaucome.] Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, and a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, due, in general, to an inflammation of the sclerotic and choroid coats.