Definition of "leucoma" []

• An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye. (noun)

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• "- Medicine, white spot on cornea of eye; leucoma; Botany, white rust."
• "Many of the alb-words are of course quite rare, or only in specialized* use, in English: albata ["white metal, German silver", SOED]; albugo ["=leucoma"; note Greek leukos, white]; albaspine ["whitethorn, hawthorn"]; and albite ["Min."
• "The next day he gave the following testimony: "I the undersigned, can certify on oath, that five years ago, I examined Mary Côté's eyes, and found that the small-pox had produced opacity of the cornea of both, or the disease called _leucoma_."