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MeSH Heading: Vitreous Detachment
Tree Number(s): C11.980
Unique ID: D020255
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020255
Scope Note: Detachment of the corpus vitreum (VITREOUS BODY) from its normal attachments, especially the retina, due to shrinkage from degenerative or inflammatory conditions, trauma, myopia, or senility.
Entry Term(s): Posterior Vitreous Detachment
NLM Classification #: WW 250
Previous Indexing: Vitreous Body (1968-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 1999
History Note: 1999
Date Introduced: 1999/01/01
Last Updated: 2024/08/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Vitreous Detachment MeSH Descriptor Data 2026