Disciplines and Occupations

Ophthalmology

A surgical specialty concerned with the structure and function of the eye and the medical and surgical treatment of its defects and diseases.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A surgical specialty concerned with the structure and function of the eye and the medical and surgical treatment of its defects and diseases.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Ocular Surgery
  • Ocular Surgeries
  • Surgery, Ocular

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. H02w.403w.810.468w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ophthalmology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009885. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009885
  2. Ophthalmology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmology
  3. Ophthalmology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161437