Diseases

Eye Abnormalities

Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the eye; may also be hereditary.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the eye; may also be hereditary.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Abnormalities, Eye
  • Abnormality, Eye
  • Eye Abnormality

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; these are structural abnorm: EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY is also available

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History Note

90; was NON MESH 1977-89

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Previous Indexing

  • Eye/abnormalities (1977-1989)
  • specific eye heading/abnormalities (1977-1989)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C11w.250
  2. C16w.131w.384

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NLM Classification

WW 101

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Eye Abnormalities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005124. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005124
  2. Eye Abnormalities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54911717