Pathologic Function
hyphema
[ hahy-fee-muh ]
Subclass of:
Eye Hemorrhage
Also called:
Anterior Chamber Hemorrhage
Definitions related to hyphema:
  • Bleeding in the anterior chamber of the eye.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Blood in the anterior eye chamber.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Hemorrhage within the anterior chamber of the eye; bloodshot.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A hyphema is bleeding into the front chamber (the fluid-filled space between the clear cornea and the colored iris) of the eye. Additional bleeding (rebleeding) may occur up to several days after the injury.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
  • Postinjury accumulation of blood in the anterior chamber is one of the most challenging clinical problems encountered by the ophthalmologist. Even a small hyphema can be a sign of major intraocular trauma with associated damage to vascular and other intraocular tissues.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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