optometry - CISMeF

Preferred Label : optometry;

MeSH definition : The professional practice of primary eye and vision care that includes the measurement of visual refractive power and the correction of visual defects with lenses or glasses.;

MeSH synonym : optometries;

MeSH annotation : SPEC: SPEC qualif;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optometry;

Details

Origin ID

D009907;

UMLS CUI

C0029147;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Optometry [LOINC method]
Metaterm(s)
- ophthalmology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- optometry [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Optometrists [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Optometry [LOINC method]

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