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cataract

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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.) [ ]

Term info

Label

cataract

Synonyms
  • cataract
  • cataract (disease)
  • opacity of the lens
database cross reference
IAO 0000589

cataract (disease)

exactMatch

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

gwas trait

true

id

MONDO:0005129