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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Myopia
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Miopía
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Miopia
Synonyms
English
:
Nearsightedness
Tree Number:
C11.744.636
Definition
English
:
A refractive error in which rays of
light
entering the
EYE
parallel to the optic
axis
are brought to a focus in
front
of the
RETINA
when accommodation (ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR) is relaxed. This results from an overly curved
CORNEA
or from the eyeball being too long from
front
to
back
. It is also called nearsightedness.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE is also available
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
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
9408
Unique Identifier:
D009216
Occurrence in VHL
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