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cataract

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Partial or complete opacity of the crystalline lens of one or both eyes that decreases visual acuity and eventually results in blindness. Some cataracts appear in infancy or in childhood, but most develop in older individuals. (Sternberg Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.) [ NCIT:C26713 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • NCIT:C26713 (NCIT:C26713)
  • EFO:0001059 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • ICD9:366.8 (MONDO:relatedTo)
  • OMIMPS:116200 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • DOID:83 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • SCTID:193570009 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MESH:D002386 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • ICD9:366.44 (MONDO:relatedTo)
  • ICD9:366.9 (MONDO:i2s)
  • ICD9:366 (EFO:0001059)
  • HP:0000518 (MONDO:otherHierarchy)
IAO 0000589

cataract (disease)

definition

Partial or complete opacity of the crystalline lens of one or both eyes that decreases visual acuity and eventually results in blindness. Some cataracts appear in infancy or in childhood, but most develop in older individuals. (Sternberg Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.)

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_83, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D002386, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C26713, https://omim.org/phenotypicSeries/PS116200, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/193570009

has exact synonym

opacity of the lens, cataract, cataract (disease)

id

MONDO:0005129