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Descriptor English: Glare
Descriptor Spanish: Deslumbramiento
Descriptor deslumbramiento
Scope note: Luz relativamente brillante o sensación de deslumbramiento por una luz ligeramente brillante, que provoca desazón o incomodidad, o que interfiere con una VISIÓN OCULAR optima. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Ofuscação
Descriptor French: Lumière éblouissante
Tree number(s): G01.590.540.333
G14.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019466
Scope note: Relatively bright light, or the dazzling sensation of relatively bright light, which produces unpleasantness or discomfort, or which interferes with optimal VISION, OCULAR. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
Previous Indexing: Light (1966-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33171
Unique ID: D019466
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/13
Revision Date: 2015/03/31
Glare - Preferred
Concept UI M0028957
Scope note Relatively bright light, or the dazzling sensation of relatively bright light, which produces unpleasantness or discomfort, or which interferes with optimal VISION, OCULAR. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Preferred term Glare



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