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Definitions related to visual impairment:
  • Decreased ability to see to a degree that requires corrective measures
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • Limitation in visual functions.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Visual impairment (or vision impairment) is vision loss (of a person) to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive correction, medication, or surgery.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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