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optic neuritis [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

Inflammation of the optic nerve; it may affect the part of the nerve within the eyeball (neuropapillitis) or the portion behind the eyeball (retrobulbar neuritis).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Inflammation du nerf optique qui peut apparaître à n'importe quel endroit de son trajet depuis les cellules ganglionnaires de la rétine jusqu'aux synapses de ces fibres dans le corps genouillé externe.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
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