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Descriptor English: Corneal Opacity
Descriptor Spanish: Opacidad de la Córnea
Descriptor opacidad de la córnea
Entry term(s) leucoma
opacidad corneal
Scope note: Trastorno que se produce en el área central o perférica de la córnea. El grado de transparencia normal se vuelve relativamente opaco.
Descriptor Portuguese: Opacidade da Córnea
Descriptor French: Opacité cornéenne
Entry term(s): Corneal Opacities
Leukoma
Leukomas
Opacities, Corneal
Opacity, Corneal
Tree number(s): C11.204.299
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003318
Scope note: Disorder occurring in the central or peripheral area of the cornea. The usual degree of transparency becomes relatively opaque.
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
Public MeSH Note: ARCUS SENILIS was see under EYE DISEASES 1964-89
History Note: ARCUS SENILIS was see under EYE DISEASES 1964-89
DeCS ID: 3336
Unique ID: D003318
NLM Classification: WW 220
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Corneal Opacity - Preferred
Concept UI M0005183
Scope note Disorder occurring in the central or peripheral area of the cornea. The usual degree of transparency becomes relatively opaque.
Preferred term Corneal Opacity
Entry term(s) Corneal Opacities
Leukoma
Leukomas
Opacities, Corneal
Opacity, Corneal



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