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visual impairment

decreased ability to see
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visual impairment
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Summary

visual impairment is a symptom or sign[1]. It draws 3,359 Wikipedia views per month (symptom or sign category, ranking #47 of 200).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: eye disease[3], vision disorder[4], sensory loss[5], sensory disability[6]
  • Commons category: Visual impairment[7]
  • ICPC 2 ID: F28[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Visual disturbances and blindness[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Health specialty: ophthalmology[11]

Why It Matters

visual impairment has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

ophthalmology Susan Gerhart

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['anp', 'ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'dty', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa',
    Human phenotype ontology id → HP:0000505
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Human phenotype ontology id: HP:0000505, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/19256210|Visual impairment (#19256210)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/405|HPO]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → eye disease, vision disorder, sensory loss +1
    Instance of → symptom or sign
    Topic's main category → Category:Visual disturbances and blindness
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 1450, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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