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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Blindness
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Ceguera
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Cegueira
Synonyms
English
:
Amaurosis
Blindness, Legal
Blindness, Monocular
Tree Number:
C10.597.751.941.162
C11.966.075
C23.888.592.763.941.162
Definition
English
:
The inability to see or the loss or absence of
perception
of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of
EYE DISEASES
;
OPTIC NERVE DISEASES
;
OPTIC CHIASM
diseases; or
BRAIN DISEASES
affecting the
VISUAL PATHWAYS
or
OCCIPITAL LOBE.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
for Braille coord IM with
SENSORY AIDS
(IM) +
READING
(IM)
See Related
English
:
Sensory Aids
Vision, Low
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
28259
Unique Identifier:
D001766
Occurrence in VHL
:
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