The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE.

Synonyms: Blindness, Transient, Unilateral Blindness, Visual Loss, Sudden, Blindness, Hysterical, Sudden Visual Loss, Blindness, Complete, Blindness, Monocular, Blindness, Acquired, Bilateral Blindnesses, Bilateral Blindness, Complete Blindness, Transient Blindness, Legal Blindness, Acquired Blindness, Blindness, Hysterical Blindness, Monocular Blindness, Amauroses, Sudden Visual Losses, Blindness, Unilateral, Blindness, Legal, Amaurosis, Blindness, Bilateral

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for Braille coordinate with SENSORY AIDS + READING

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D001766

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