Experimental Factor Ontology

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Preferred Name

Vitreous floaters
Synonyms

Vitreous veils

Flitting flies

Mouches volantes

Myodesopsia

Spots in front of eyes

Eye floaters

Vitreous debris

Vitreous opacities

Vitreous condensations

Myodeopsia

Definitions

Deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's vitreous humor, which is normally transparent. Vitreous floaters are described as vitreous condensations (or vitreous debris or vitreous opacities) as a finding upon ophthalmological examination. Floaters can take many forms from little dots, circles, lines, to clouds or cobwebs. The floaters are created by a shadow of the floating vitreal debris that is projected onto the retina, which is described as a veil.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0100832

comment

Vitreous floaters are described as vitreous condensations (or vitreous debris or vitreous opacities) as a finding upon ophthalmological examination. Floaters can take many forms from little dots, circles, lines, to clouds or cobwebs. The floaters are created by a shadow of the floating vitreal debris that is projected onto the retina, which is described as a veil.

creation_date

2011-06-09T05:58:09Z

creator

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4530-3154

database_cross_reference

SNOMEDCT_US:162278001

SNOMEDCT_US:15013002

SNOMEDCT_US:420999000

UMLS:C1720491

UMLS:C0016242

definition

Deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's vitreous humor, which is normally transparent.

has_exact_synonym

Vitreous veils

Flitting flies

Mouches volantes

Myodesopsia

Spots in front of eyes

Eye floaters

Vitreous debris

Vitreous opacities

Vitreous condensations

Myodeopsia

id

HP:0100832

label

Vitreous floaters

notation

HP:0100832

preferred label

Vitreous floaters

prefLabel

Vitreous floaters

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000504

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0004329

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