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floater

deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's vitreous humour, which is normally transparent
MedicalCondition disease Q142807
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floater

Summary

floater is a disease[1]. floater draws 2,784 Wikipedia views per month (disease category, ranking #115 of 806).[2]

Key Facts

  • floater's instance of is recorded as disease[3].
  • floater is a type of vitreous disease[4].
  • floater's Commons category is recorded as Floaters[5].
  • floater's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as F04[6].
  • floater's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • floater's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C50808[8].
  • floater's health specialty is recorded as ophthalmology[9].

Why It Matters

floater draws 2,784 Wikipedia views per month (disease category, ranking #115 of 806).[2] floater has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] floater is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

disease ophthalmology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). floater. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/floater
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_floater_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{floater}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/floater}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 9h ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subreddit → EyeFloaters
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → disease
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3984]]: EyeFloaters, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144657968|EyeFloaters (#144657968)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Direct"
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