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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:  
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chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
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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 

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