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Descriptor English: Eye
Descriptor Spanish: Ojo
Descriptor ojo
Scope note: Órgano de la visión, constituido por un par de elementos globulares que constan de estructuras especializadas dispuestas en tres capas esféricas para recibir y responder a la luz.
Descriptor Portuguese: Olho
Descriptor French: Oeil
Entry term(s): Eyes
Tree number(s): A01.456.505.420
A09.371
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005123
Scope note: The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light.
Annotation: inflammation of the eye = ENDOPHTHALMITIS or specific -ITIS terms in Category C11, Eye Diseases; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD is available for arthropods
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: abnormalities:Eye Abnormalities
injuries:Eye Injuries
physiology:Ocular Physiological Phenomena
surgery:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
Consider Also: consider also terms at OCUL-, OPHTHALM-, OPT-, and VIS-
Related: Eye Manifestations MeSH
Intraocular Pressure MeSH
Refraction, Ocular MeSH
Vision, Ocular MeSH
DeCS ID: 5225
Unique ID: D005123
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: 2015/06/16
Eye - Preferred
Concept UI M0008082
Scope note The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light.
Preferred term Eye
Entry term(s) Eyes



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