diffusion - CISMeF

Preferred Label : diffusion;

MeSH definition : The tendency of a gas or solute to pass from a point of higher pressure or concentration to a point of lower pressure or concentration and to distribute itself throughout the available space. Diffusion, especially FACILITATED DIFFUSION, is a major mechanism of BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT.;

MeSH synonym : diffusions;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion;

Details

Origin ID

D004058;

UMLS CUI

C0012222;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Diffuse [HPO term]
- Diffuse [ACR pathology]
- Diffuse [ACR pathology]
- Diffuse [ACR pathology]
- Diffuse [ACR pathology]
- Diffuse [ACR pathology]
- Diffuse [ACR pathology]
- Diffuse [ACR pathology]
- Diffuse [ACR pathology]
- Diffuse [NCIt concept]
- Diffuse (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Diffusion [DeCS]
- Diffusion [UNESCO concept]
- Diffusion Coefficient [NCIt concept]
- Disseminate [NCIt concept]
- Disseminated (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gastric Diffuse Adenocarcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Outreach [NCIt concept]
- Release (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- diffuse [SNOMED Notion]
- diffuse [Radlex concept]
- diffuser [IUPAC Term]
- diffuser [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- diffusion [Radlex concept]
- spreading [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- diffusion [MeSH concept]
See also
- Diffusers [DeCS]
- Dilution [DeCS]
- Energy Diffusion [DeCS]
- Pollutants Dispersion [DeCS]
- biological transport [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Natural Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Diffusion [NCIt concept]
- Diffusion, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- diffusion [IUPAC Term]
- diffusion [SNOMED Notion]
- diffusion [Radlex concept]

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