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MeSH Heading: Capsule Opacification
Tree Number(s): C11.510.245.500
Unique ID: D058442
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058442
Scope Note: Clouding or loss of transparency of the posterior lens capsule, usually following CATARACT extraction.
Entry Term(s): Secondary Cataract
Previous Indexing: Lens, Crystalline/pathology (1985-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Date Introduced: 2011/01/01
Last Updated: 2013/07/08

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)

Capsule Opacification MeSH Descriptor Data 2026