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Descriptor English: Dark Adaptation
Descriptor Spanish: Adaptación a la Oscuridad
Descriptor adaptación a la oscuridad
Entry term(s) adaptación escotópica
Scope note: Ajuste de los ojos en condiciones de poca intensidad de luz. La sensibilidad del ojo a la luz aumenta durante la adaptación a la oscuridad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Adaptação à Escuridão
Descriptor French: Adaptation à l'obscurité
Entry term(s): Adaptation, Dark
Adaptation, Scotopic
Scotopic Adaptation
Tree number(s): G14.020.371
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003623
Scope note: Adjustment of the eyes under conditions of low light. The sensitivity of the eye to light is increased during dark adaptation.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Adaptation, Ocular (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(68)
DeCS ID: 3642
Unique ID: D003623
NLM Classification: WW 109
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Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Dark Adaptation - Preferred
Concept UI M0005662
Scope note Adjustment of the eyes under conditions of low light. The sensitivity of the eye to light is increased during dark adaptation.
Preferred term Dark Adaptation
Entry term(s) Adaptation, Dark
Adaptation, Scotopic
Scotopic Adaptation



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