Word: leukoma
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...negritude is not a leukoma of dead liquid over the earth's dead...
...right, he diagnoses pronounced pemphigus (a skin disease) localized around the eyes, which has caused opaque corneas; some form of blindness in which bright light is painful (the figure's hat is pulled down over his eyes); atrophy of the eyeballs, probably caused by glaucoma or panophthalmia; corneal leukoma (corneas thickened from an ulcer, wound or inflammation); and enucleation (surgical removal of eyes...
...Leukoma is opacity of the eye's cornea, that transparent coating which shields the iris and the pupil and is supported by the aqueous humor. Immediately behind the iris lies the crystalline lens, which focuses light images upon the retina. Leukoma may occur when the cornea is struck by a blow, is spattered with hot fluids or metals, or is diseased by smallpox, tuberculosis, trachoma, gonorrhea, syphilis. Provided that a person with an opaque cornea 1) can distinguish between light and dark and 2) has completely recovered from any contagious disease, Dr. Filatov last week declared that he could...
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