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