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Cataract

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000518

A cataract is an opacity or clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its capsule. [ HPO:probinson ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0086543
  • Fyler:4865
  • SNOMEDCT_US:247053007
  • SNOMEDCT_US:128306009
  • MSH:D002386
  • SNOMEDCT_US:193570009
  • UMLS:C1510497
Subsets

hposlim_core

comment

Note that some ophthalmologists call any opacity in the lens a cataract, while others restrict the term to lens opacities that impair vision. We use the term to refer to the first meaning (any lens opacity).

definition

A cataract is an opacity or clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its capsule.

has alternative id

HP:0007825, HP:0001113, HP:0010700

has exact synonym

Cataracts, Cloudy lens, Clouding of the lens of the eye, Lens opacities, Lens opacity

id

HP:0000518

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