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papilledema

papilledema

n. a swelling of the optic disk due to an increase in intracranial pressure. The condition occurs because the meningeal membranes of the brain are continuous with the sheaths of the optic nerve, so that pressure is transmitted to the eyeball. Also called choked disk.

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