Preferred Name |
Amblyopia |
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Synonyms |
Wandering eyes Wandering eye Lazy eye |
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Definitions |
Ambylopia can result from visual deprivation during the critical period of development of visual abilities which lasts to about the age of 8 years. Thus, ambylopia can result from strabismus, anisometropia, or high hypermetropia in there is a failure to form a focused image in one or both eyes. Reduced visual acuity that is uncorrectable by lenses in the absence of detectable anatomic defects in the eye or visual pathways. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000646 |
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comment |
Ambylopia can result from visual deprivation during the critical period of development of visual abilities which lasts to about the age of 8 years. Thus, ambylopia can result from strabismus, anisometropia, or high hypermetropia in there is a failure to form a focused image in one or both eyes. |
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database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0002418 MSH:D000550 SNOMEDCT_US:387742006 |
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definition |
Reduced visual acuity that is uncorrectable by lenses in the absence of detectable anatomic defects in the eye or visual pathways. |
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has exact synonym |
Wandering eyes Wandering eye Lazy eye |
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id |
HP:0000646 |
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in_subset | ||
label |
Amblyopia |
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notation |
HP:0000646 |
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prefLabel |
Amblyopia |
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subClassOf |