Preferred Name |
Visual impairment |
Synonyms |
Loss of eyesight Impaired vision Visual impairment Poor vision |
Definitions |
Visual impairment (or vision impairment) is vision loss (of a person) to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive correction, medication, or surgery. |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000505 |
database_cross_reference |
MSH:D014786 SNOMEDCT_US:7973008 UMLS:C3665347 UMLS:C0042798 SNOMEDCT_US:246635007 SNOMEDCT_US:397540003 MSH:D015354 |
definition |
Visual impairment (or vision impairment) is vision loss (of a person) to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive correction, medication, or surgery. |
has_alternative_id |
HP:0007860 HP:0000566 HP:0007758 HP:0007983 HP:0000516 |
has_exact_synonym |
Loss of eyesight Impaired vision Visual impairment Poor vision |
has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
id |
HP:0000505 |
in_subset | |
label |
Visual impairment |
notation |
HP:0000505 |
prefLabel |
Visual impairment |
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subClassOf |