Diseases

Eye Injuries

Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries.

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Abstract

Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Injuries, Eye
  • Eye Injury
  • Injury, Eye

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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

general or unspecified; consider also /inj with specific parts of eye; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING & EYE BURNS are also available

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Eye Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005131. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005131
  2. Eye Injuries. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_injury
  3. Eye Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2681162