| Descriptor English: | Pupil | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Pupila 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Pupila | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Pupille | ||||
| Entry term(s): | Pupils | ||||
| Tree number(s): | A09.371.060.450.780 A09.371.894.513.780 | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011680 | ||||
| Scope note: | The aperture in the iris through which light passes. | ||||
| Annotation: | of eye: do not use for STUDENTS; only contraction & dilation of pupil go here: everything else is probably IRIS; /drug eff: consider also MIOTICS & MYDRIATICS; /physiol: consider also MIOSIS (contraction of pupil) & MYDRIASIS (dilation of pupil) | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | DE                                                            drug effects PH physiology RE radiation effects | ||||
| Related: | Miotics
                                            MeSH Mydriatics MeSH Reflex, Pupillary MeSH | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 27782 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D011680 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2007/07/09 | 
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 Sense Organs [A09]Sense Organs
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                | Concept UI | M0018161 | 
| Scope note | The aperture in the iris through which light passes. | 
| Preferred term | Pupil | 
| Entry term(s) | Pupils | 
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