#leukoma

• Whiteness — A regional or archaic term used in certain folk dialects as a variant for 'albeață' (whiteness); it denotes white spots appearing on the cornea of the eye (leukoma), a whitish film, or opacification of the crystalline lens. Also, in traditional technical language, the word was used to describe a simple slaked lime plaster or the protective whitish layer applied to the walls of peasant houses.
• Leukoma — A pathological, whitish opacity of the eye's cornea, caused by a scar, infection, or structural trauma that partially or totally obstructs vision; leukoma. In a general chromatic and literary sense, the term denotes the quality of being white, the immaculate brightness, or the luminous reflection specific to snow or milk.
• Leukoma — A total or partial white opacity of the cornea, appearing after severe injuries, inflammations, or scarring processes, commonly known as leukoma; a genus of microscopic parasitic fungi from the oomycete class, causing the disease called 'white rust' on the leaves and stems of cruciferous plants.