Congenital Abnormality
Anophthalmos
Subclass of:
Eye Abnormalities
Definitions related to anophthalmos:
  • A rare congenital abnormality characterized by the complete absence of ocular tissue in the orbit.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (anophthalmia) Absence of the globe or eyeball.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Congenital absence of the eye or eyes.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • True or primary anophthalmos is very rare. Only when there is a complete absence of the ocular tissue within the orbit can a diagnosis of true anophthalmos be made.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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