astigmatism
refractive error characterized by the optics of the eye to focus a point object into a sharp focused image on the retina, has symptom blurred vision.
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Summary
astigmatism is a class of disease[1]. astigmatism ranks in the top 7% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,229 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: refractive error[4], disease[5], astigmatism[6]
- Commons category: Astigmatism (eye)[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: F91[8]
- Possible treatment: cylindrical lens[9]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[10]
- ICD-9-CM: 367.20[11], 367.2[12]
- Different from: astigmatism[13]
- Health specialty: ophthalmology[14]
- Genetic association: VAX2[15], DNAH5[16], MAML2[17], PDGFRA[18], SUCLG2[19], KCNE3[20]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11782[21], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11782[22], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000483[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[24]
Why It Matters
astigmatism has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] astigmatism is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]