Diseases

Corneal Diseases

Diseases of the cornea.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Diseases of the cornea.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Corneal Disease
  • Disease, Corneal
  • Diseases, Corneal

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, 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

inflamm dis = KERATITIS & specific

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History Note

76; was NON MESH before 1976

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Previous Indexing

  • Cornea (1966-1975)
  • specific corneal disease heading

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. C11w.204

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NLM Classification

WW 225

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Corneal Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003316. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003316
  2. Corneal Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10526382