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Descriptor English:   Cataract 
Descriptor Spanish:   Catarata 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Catarata 
Synonyms English:   Lens Opacities
Cataract, Membranous
Pseudoaphakia  
Tree Number:   C11.510.245
Definition English:   Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of cataract are classified by their morphology (size, shape, location) or etiology (cause and time of occurrence). (Dorland, 27th ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   lens opacity; do not confuse X ref PSEUDOAPHAKIA (a synonym for membranous cataract) with PSEUDOPHAKIA, the presence of an intraocular lens after cataract extraction
Entry Combination - descr/qualif English:   Cataract/surgery use Cataract Extraction
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy therapy
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   19035 
Unique Identifier:   D002386 

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