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loading...| Preferred Name |
hyperopia |
| Synonyms |
farsightedness hypermetropia |
| Definitions |
A refractive error that is characterized by rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9834 |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS_CUI:C0020490 ICD10CM:H52.0 MESH:D006956 SNOMEDCT_US_2022_09_01:38101003 ICD9CM:367.0 |
| definition |
A refractive error that is characterized by rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. |
| has exact synonym |
farsightedness hypermetropia Far-sightedness |
| has_obo_namespace |
disease_ontology |
| id |
DOID:9834 |
| label |
hyperopia |
| notation |
DOID:9834 |
| prefLabel |
hyperopia |
| subClassOf |