loading...| Preferred Name |
Corneal Disorders |
| Definitions |
<p>Your cornea is the outermost layer of your eye. It is clear and shaped like a dome. The cornea helps to shield the rest of the eye from germs, dust, and other harmful matter. It also helps your eye to focus. If you wear contact lenses, they float on top of your corneas. </p> <p>Problems with the cornea include</p> <ul> <li><a href='https://medlineplus.gov/refractiveerrors.html'>Refractive errors</a></li> <li>Allergies</li> <li>Infections</li> <li>Injuries</li> <li>Dystrophies - conditions in which parts of the cornea lose clarity due to a buildup of cloudy material</li> </ul> <p>Treatments of corneal disorders include medicines, corneal transplantation, and corneal laser surgery.</p> <p > NIH: National Eye Institute</p> |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0010034 |
| cui |
C0010034 |
| Date created |
06/01/2010 |
| definition |
Your cornea is the outermost layer of your eye. It is clear and shaped like a dome. The cornea helps to shield the rest of the eye from germs, dust, and other harmful matter. It also helps your eye to focus. If you wear contact lenses, they float on top of your corneas. Problems with the cornea include
Treatments of corneal disorders include medicines, corneal transplantation, and corneal laser surgery. NIH: National Eye Institute |
| Inverse of SIB |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C1313983 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0035305 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0004943 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0395416 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0035309 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0242225 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0039409 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0700276 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0885957 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0002418 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0271097 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0034951 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0015408 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0015403 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0028850 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C1456528 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0342245 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0086543 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0017601 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C1456582 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0015423 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0496836 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0015397 |
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| MP HEALTH TOPIC URL | |
| MP OTHER LANGUAGE URL |
Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/cornealdisorders.html |
| MP PRIMARY INSTITUTE URL |
National Eye Institute https://nei.nih.gov/ |
| notation |
C0010034 |
| prefLabel |
Corneal Disorders |
| Related to |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0034951 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0015408 |
| tui |
T047 |
| subClassOf |