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Descriptor English: Corneal Edema
Descriptor Spanish: Edema Corneal
Descriptor edema corneal
Scope note: Cantidad excesiva de líquido en la córnea debido a un daño del epitelio o del endotelio que produce disminución de la agudeza visual.
Descriptor Portuguese: Edema da Córnea
Descriptor French: Oedème cornéen
Entry term(s): Corneal Edemas
Edema, Corneal
Edemas, Corneal
Tree number(s): C11.204.267
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015715
Scope note: An excessive amount of fluid in the cornea due to damage of the epithelium or endothelium causing decreased visual acuity.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cornea (1966-1989)
Corneal Diseases (1974-1989)
Edema (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
DeCS ID: 24587
Unique ID: D015715
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Corneal Edema - Preferred
Concept UI M0024096
Scope note An excessive amount of fluid in the cornea due to damage of the epithelium or endothelium causing decreased visual acuity.
Preferred term Corneal Edema
Entry term(s) Corneal Edemas
Edema, Corneal
Edemas, Corneal



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