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HUMAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) is downloaded weekly from http://compbio.charite.de/hudson/job/hpo/lastStableBuild/artifact/ontology/release/hp.obo. The file downloaded is considered the "last stable build" available for the ontology. For more about the HPO, view their website at http://www.human-phenotype-ontology.org/.

Term:Visual impairment
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Accession:HP:0000505 term browser browse the term
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.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: Impaired vision;   Loss of eyesight;   Poor vision
 alt_id: HP:0000516;   HP:0000566;   HP:0007758;   HP:0007860;   HP:0007983
 xref: MESH:D014786;   MESH:D015354;   SNOMEDCT_US:246635007;   SNOMEDCT_US:397540003;   SNOMEDCT_US:7973008;   UMLS:C0042798;   UMLS:C3665347



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  Human phenotype 0
    Phenotypic abnormality 0
      Abnormality of the eye 0
        Abnormal eye physiology 0
          Abnormality of vision 0
            Visual impairment 0
              Cerebral visual impairment 0
              Reduced visual acuity + 0
              Visual field defect + 0
              Visual loss + 0
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