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Eye Diseases > Lens Diseases > Aphakia

Preferred term

Aphakia  

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Entry terms

  • Aphakic Eye
  • Aphakic Eyes
  • Eye, Aphakic

Note

  • absence of lens from any cause (congen, inj, dis); /congen permitted; after cataract extract = APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; "aphakic eye" is probably APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT but PSEUDOPHAKIA is available for the postcataract eye fitted with an intraocular lens

Scope note

  • Absence of crystalline lens totally or partially from field of vision, from any cause except after cataract extraction. Aphakia is mainly congenital or as result of LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION.

History note

  • 78

In other languages

  • afakia

    Finnish

  • afaki
  • aphacia
  • aphakia
  • linssittömyys
  • mykiön puutos
  • mykiöttömyys
  • Afaki

    Swedish

  • Avsaknad av ögonlins

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001035

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