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MeSH Heading: Blindness
Tree Number(s): C10.597.751.941.162; C11.966.075; C23.888.592.763.941.162
Unique ID: D001766
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001766
Scope Note: The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE.
Entry Term(s): Amaurosis; Bilateral Blindness; Blindness, Acquired; Blindness, Bilateral; Blindness, Complete; Blindness, Hysterical; Blindness, Legal; Blindness, Monocular; Blindness, Transient; Blindness, Unilateral; Sudden Visual Loss; Unilateral Blindness
See Also: Sensory Aids; Vision, Low
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Blindness MeSH Descriptor Data 2024