absolute glaucoma

absolute glaucoma /ab′səlo̅o̅t/ [L, absolutus + Gk, cataract] , complete blindness in which a glaucoma-induced increase in intraocular pressure results in permanent vision loss. The optic disc is white and deeply excavated, and the pupil is usually widely dilated and immobile. Also called absolutum glaucoma, glaucoma consummatum.