Vision considered to be inferior to normal vision as represented by accepted standards of acuity, field of vision, or motility. Low vision generally refers to visual disorders that are caused by diseases that cannot be corrected by refraction (e.g., MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, etc.).

Annotation

do not make a diagnosis: use term of author

DUI

D015354 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0023639

Previous indexing

Vision Disorders (1967-1988); Visual Acuity (1969-1988)

History note

2000(1989)

Public note

2000; see VISION, SUBNORMAL 1990-1999, see VISION, LOW 1989; for VISION, LOW see VISION, SUBNORMAL 1990-1999