loading...| Preferred Name |
Epiphora |
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| Synonyms |
Watering eyes Excessive Tear Production Watering Eyes Excessive Tearing Epiphora |
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| Definitions |
Excessive tearing of the eyes due to either tear overproduction or impaired drainage of the tear ducts. Causes of tear overproduction include eye irritation (e.g., eye infection, foreign body in the eye), headache, pain reaction, allergies, sinusitis, and injury to the eye. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C50552 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
Profuse lacrimation. Overflow of tears from the eye. A disorder of excessive tearing in the eyes; it can be caused by overproduction of tears or impaired drainage of the tear duct. |
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| code |
C50552 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C62596 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54450 |
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| Contributing_Source |
FDA MedDRA NICHD |
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| DEFINITION |
Excessive tearing of the eyes due to either tear overproduction or impaired drainage of the tear ducts. Causes of tear overproduction include eye irritation (e.g., eye infection, foreign body in the eye), headache, pain reaction, allergies, sinusitis, and injury to the eye. |
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| FDA_Table |
Patient Code (Appendix B) |
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| FULL_SYN |
Watering eyes Excessive Tear Production Watering Eyes Excessive Tearing Epiphora |
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| label |
Epiphora |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Excessive_Tearing Watering_Eyes |
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| Maps_To |
Watering eyes |
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| Preferred_Name |
Epiphora |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C50552 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Finding |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C4231612 |
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| xRef |
IMDRF:E0817 |
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| subClassOf |