| Descriptor English: | Blindness | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Ceguera
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Cegueira | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Cécité | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Acquired Blindness Amauroses Amaurosis Bilateral Blindness Bilateral Blindnesses Blindness Bilateral Blindness, Acquired Blindness, Bilateral Blindness, Complete Blindness, Hysterical Blindness, Legal Blindness, Monocular Blindness, Transient Blindness, Unilateral Complete Blindness Hysterical Blindness Legal Blindness Monocular Blindness Sudden Visual Loss Sudden Visual Losses Sudden, Visual Loss Transient Blindness Transient, Blindness Unilateral Blindness Unilateral, Blindness Visual Loss, Sudden |
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| Tree number(s): |
C10.597.751.941.162 C11.966.075 C23.888.592.763.941.162 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001766 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE. |
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| 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 |
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| Related: |
Sensory Aids
MeSH Vision, Low MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 28259 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D001766 | ||||||
| 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: | 2020/05/27 |
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DISEASES
Eye Diseases [C11]Eye Diseases
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Blindness
- Preferred
Blindness, Acquired
- Narrower
Blindness, Monocular
- Narrower
Blindness, Hysterical
- Narrower
Blindness, Transient
- Narrower
Blindness, Legal
- Narrower
Amaurosis
- Related but not broader or narrower
Blindness, Unilateral
- Narrower
Blindness, Bilateral
- Narrower
Sudden Visual Loss
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
M0002662 |
| Scope note | The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE. |
| Preferred term | Blindness |
| Concept UI |
M0336554 |
| Preferred term | Blindness, Acquired |
| Entry term(s) |
Acquired Blindness |
| Concept UI |
M0336553 |
| Preferred term | Blindness, Monocular |
| Entry term(s) |
Monocular Blindness |
| Concept UI |
M0336556 |
| Preferred term | Blindness, Hysterical |
| Entry term(s) |
Hysterical Blindness |
| Concept UI |
M0336559 |
| Preferred term | Blindness, Transient |
| Entry term(s) |
Transient Blindness Transient, Blindness |
| Concept UI |
M0336552 |
| Preferred term | Blindness, Legal |
| Entry term(s) |
Legal Blindness |
| Concept UI |
M0002663 |
| Preferred term | Amaurosis |
| Entry term(s) |
Amauroses |
| Concept UI |
M000649159 |
| Preferred term | Blindness, Unilateral |
| Entry term(s) |
Unilateral Blindness Unilateral, Blindness |
| Concept UI |
M000649160 |
| Preferred term | Blindness, Bilateral |
| Entry term(s) |
Bilateral Blindness Bilateral Blindnesses Blindness Bilateral Blindness, Complete Complete Blindness |
| Concept UI |
M000649522 |
| Preferred term | Sudden Visual Loss |
| Entry term(s) |
Sudden Visual Losses Sudden, Visual Loss Visual Loss, Sudden |
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