Descriptor English: | Hyperopia | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Hiperopía
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Hiperopia | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Hypermétropie | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Farsightedness Hypermetropia |
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Tree number(s): |
C11.744.479 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006956 | ||||||
Scope note: | A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. It is also called farsightedness because the near point is more distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation. (Dorland, 27th ed) |
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Annotation: | refractive error; note X ref |
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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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DeCS ID: | 7137 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D006956 | ||||||
NLM Classification: | WW 300 | ||||||
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: | 1993/06/02 |
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DISEASES
Eye Diseases [C11]Eye Diseases
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Hyperopia
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Concept UI |
M0010838 |
Scope note | A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. It is also called farsightedness because the near point is more distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation. (Dorland, 27th ed) |
Preferred term | Hyperopia |
Entry term(s) |
Farsightedness Hypermetropia |
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