Concept information
Preferred term
Pinguecula
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Scope note
- A yellowish thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the CORNEA representing a benign degenerative change in the CONJUNCTIVA caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins through the permeable capillaries near the LIMBUS.
History note
- 2012
In other languages
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Finnish
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pinguecula
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D059407
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