toxic amaurosis
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toxic amaurosis
[täk·sik ‚a‚mȯ′rō·səs] (medicine)
Blindness following the introduction of toxic substances into the body, such as ethyl and methyl alcohol, tobacco, lead, and metabolites of uremia and diabetes.
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