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papilledema

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006318

Swelling around the optic disk, the area where the optic nerve (the nerve that carries messages from the eye to the brain) enters the eyeball. Papilledema occurs when increased brain pressure caused by tumors or other problems results in swelling of the optic nerve.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006318
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006318",
  "term": "papilledema",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Swelling around the optic disk, the area where the optic nerve (the nerve that carries messages from the eye to the brain) enters the eyeball. Papilledema occurs when increased brain pressure caused by tumors or other problems results in swelling of the optic nerve.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/papilledema/"
}

Record 12,635 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.