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cataract

Disease Summary
Associated Targets (267)
Tbio

222

Tchem

33

Tdark

7

Tclin

5


Mondo Description Partial or complete opacity of the crystalline lens of one or both eyes that decreases visual acuity and eventually results in blindness. Some cataracts appear in infancy or in childhood, but most develop in older individuals. (Sternberg Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.)
Disease Ontology Description A lens disease characterized by clouding of the lens inside the eye which leads to a decrease in vision.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0005129:  cataract
COHD:375545: 
EFO:0001059: 
ICD9:366.9: 
MESH:D002386: 
NCIT:C26713: 
OMIMPS:116200: 
SCTID:193570009: