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MeSH Heading: Eyelids
Tree Number(s): A01.456.505.420.504; A09.371.337
Unique ID: D005143
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005143
Annotation: inflammation = BLEPHARITIS; plasty = BLEPHAROPLASTY; ptosis = BLEPHAROPTOSIS; spasm = BLEPHAROSPASM
Scope Note: Each of the upper and lower folds of SKIN which cover the EYE when closed.
NLM Classification #: WW 205
See Also: Nictitating Membrane
Consider Also: consider also terms at BLEPHAR-
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Eyelids MeSH Descriptor Data 2025