Related to or characterized by amaurosis, a condition involving vision loss or blindness.
From amaurosis plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ic,' creating a medical descriptor that has appeared in English medical texts since at least the 18th century.
The phrase 'amaurotic familial idiocy' was an older medical term for Tay-Sachs disease—heartbreaking because it combined 'darkness' (amaurotic) with the recognition that something genetic was stealing children's sight and minds.
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