#amauro

• Amauro- — A scientific combining form (prefixoid) extracted from ancient Greek (amauros - dark, obscure, blind), used in international medical and biological terminology to create words pertaining to total or partial loss of vision, darkness, blindness, or optic nerve disorders.
• Amaurolepis — A rare taxonomic designation or specific epithet used in systematic biology and paleontology to describe an organism, fossil taxon, or anatomical structure characterized by dark, opaque, or brownish scales (from Greek amauros - dark, and lepis - scale).
• Amaurotic — Pertaining to or affected with amaurosis; characterized by total or partial loss of vision without apparent external structural lesions of the eye, caused by disorders of the retina, optic nerve, or brain. Clinically, it describes symptoms or degenerative states linked to neurological blindness.
• Amaurotic (feminine) — The feminine singular form of the adjective 'amaurotic'; pertaining to amaurosis or characterized by total or partial loss of vision without apparent external structural lesions of the eye. In clinical semiology, it qualifies ophthalmological manifestations such as the amaurotic pupil.
• Amaurosis — Complete loss of vision (blindness), temporary or permanent, occurring in one or both eyes, without apparent external structural lesions of the eye. Structurally, this serious clinical condition is caused by disorders affecting the retina, optic nerve, or cranial visual pathways.