Disease or Syndrome
ocular hypertension
oc·u·lar hy·per·ten·sion
Subclass of:
Disorder of eye
Definitions related to ocular hypertension:
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A condition in which the intraocular pressure is elevated above normal and which may lead to glaucoma.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Abnormally high intraocular pressure.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Ocular hypertension (OHT) can be used as a generic term referring to any situation in which intraocular pressure (IOP) is greater than 21 mm Hg, the widely accepted upper limit of normal intraocular pressure in the general population. (See the image below.WebMD, 2019
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