loading...| Preferred Name |
Dacryocystitis |
| Synonyms |
Dacrocystitis Infection of the lacrimal sac |
| Definitions |
Inflammation of the nasolacrimal sac. Dacrocystitis is frequently caused by nasolacrimal duct obstruction or infection, which often results from stagnation of tears in a pathologically closed lacrimal drainage system. Note also that dacryocystistis has often been misspelled as dacrocystitis in the literature, but the correct spelling is dacryocystitis. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000620 |
| comment |
Dacrocystitis is frequently caused by nasolacrimal duct obstruction or infection, which often results from stagnation of tears in a pathologically closed lacrimal drainage system. Note also that dacryocystistis has often been misspelled as dacrocystitis in the literature, but the correct spelling is dacryocystitis. |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0010930 MSH:D003607 SNOMEDCT_US:85777005 |
| definition |
Inflammation of the nasolacrimal sac. |
| has_exact_synonym |
Dacrocystitis Infection of the lacrimal sac |
| has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
| id |
HP:0000620 |
| label |
Dacryocystitis |
| notation |
HP:0000620 |
| prefLabel |
Dacryocystitis |
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