The etymology for "glaucoma" seems to originate from diagnostic lumping-together with the cloudy lens seen in cataracts-- which latter condition seems to've been originally called "portcullis" (http://www.word-detective.com/032404.html) (last item on page), of all things.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2005-08-11 11:11 am (UTC)