fixatives - CISMeF

Preferred Label : fixatives;

MeSH definition : Agents employed in the preparation of histologic or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all of the constituent elements. Great numbers of different agents are used; some are also decalcifying and hardening agents. They must quickly kill and coagulate living tissue.;

MeSH synonym : Fixative;

MeSH hyponym : pickling agents; Agents, Pickling;

MeSH annotation : do not restrict to histol techniques: may be microbiol techniques also; D25-26 qualif; not restricted to use with histological techniques: may be used with microbiological techniques;

Is substance : O;

action pharmacologique : O;

Details

Origin ID

D005404;

UMLS CUI

C0016184;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemical synthesis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacokinetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacology [MeSH Qualifier]
- poisoning [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- toxicity [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Fixative [NCIt concept]
False automatic mappings
- Fixator (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
Indexing information
- ORTHO permeafix [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- schaudinn's fixative [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- fixatives [MeSH concept]
- pickling agents [MeSH concept]
See also
- preservation, biological [MeSH Descriptor]
- tissue fixation [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Indicator, Reagent, or Diagnostic Aid [UMLS semantic type]
Substance(s)
- bouin's solution [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- carnoy's solution [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- dimethyl phthalate [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- formaldehyde [MeSH Descriptor]
- glutaral [MeSH Descriptor]
- hexamethylsilazane [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- methyl salicylate [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- paraform [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- pararosaniline [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fixative [NCIt concept]

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