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BLINDNESS [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

[The] absence or severe reduction of vision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Absence ou perte importante de la vision, telle que tout travail pour lequel la vue est essentielle est rendu impossible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
DEF

[...] ausencia total de visión o de simple percepción lumínica en uno o ambos ojos.

OBS

No obstante, la OMS [Organización Mundial de la Salud] establece tres grados de deficiencia: ceguera profunda (visión profundamente disminuida o ceguera moderada que permite contar los dedos de una mano a menos de 3 m de distancia); ceguera casi total (ceguera grave o casi total que sólo permite contar los dedos a 1 m o menos de distancia, o movimientos de la mano, o percepción de luz); ceguera total (no hay percepción de luz).

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Record 2 2001-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

... many [trilobites] lacked eyes and were, therefore, blind. For the purposes of paleontology, "blindness" is used in the sense of being eyeless.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

La tendance à la cécité est générale chez les Trilobites. [...] La cécité peut s'accompagner d'anomalies de la suture faciale qui devient submarginale, rectiligne et subparallèle à l'axe [...], ou, au contraire, fortement kainelliforme [...]

Spanish

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