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GLAUCOME FERMETURE ANGLE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

[A form of] glaucoma in which contact of the iris with the peripheral cornea excludes aqueous humor from the trabecular drainage meshwork.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Glaucome se déclenchant à la faveur de la fermeture de l'angle iridocornéen, la racine de l'iris venant s'accoler au tamis trabéculaire; l'humeur aqueuse ne peut atteindre le système de drainage qui lui permet normalement de s'évacuer [...]

Spanish

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

[Glaucoma] que se presenta por el aumento súbito de la presión intraocular asociada frecuentemente con ojos pequeños que en la oscuridad generan midriasis y el iris cierra mecánicamente el ángulo camerular impidiendo la salida del humor acuoso.

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