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 ]
Synonyms: opacity of the lens cataract cataract (disease)
Term information
- HP:0000518 (MONDO:otherHierarchy)
- OMIMPS:116200 (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165)
- ICD9:366 (EFO:0001059)
- UMLS:C0086543 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:366.44 (MONDO:relatedTo)
- NCIT:C26713 (NCIT:C26713)
- DOID:83 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:39462 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:193570009 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D002386 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:366.9 (MONDO:i2s)
- ICD9:366.8 (MONDO:relatedTo)
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http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0086543
http://identifiers.org/medgen/39462
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