parasites - CISMeF

Preferred Label : parasites;

MeSH definition : Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically.;

MeSH synonym : Parasite;

MeSH annotation : general or unspecified only: prefer specifics; in lower animals: Manual 22.20; relation to parasitic diseases: Manual 22.12-.20; parasites in food or parasitic contamination of food is indexed under FOOD PARASITOLOGY (IM) specific parasite (IM) specific food item /parasitol (IM) or (NIM);

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

Details

Origin ID

D010271;

UMLS CUI

C0030498;

Allowable qualifiers
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathogenicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Anti parasitic antibody (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Chilomitus connexus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Disease caused by parasite (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Genus Peredibacter (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Genus Talaromyces (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Helminth (navigational concept) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Infestations by ectoparasites [Bloc CIM-11]
- Paracusis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Parasite Present [NCIt concept]
- Parasites [DeCS]
- Parasites [ACR pathology]
- Parasitic [ACR pathology]
- Parasitism [PASCAL theme]
- Parasitology [UNESCO concept]
- Paraspinal (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Perflutren (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Perisplenic (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- biological process involved in symbiotic interaction [GO term]
- disease caused by parasite, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- parasitism [GO term]
- worms/other parasites [ICPC-2 Rubric]
Metaterm(s)
- parasitology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- parasites [MeSH concept]
See also
- anthelmintics [MeSH Descriptor]
- anti-infective agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- antiprotozoal agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- food parasitology [MeSH Descriptor]
- host-parasite interactions [MeSH Descriptor]
- parasite load [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- complex mixtures [MeSH Descriptor]
- parasite egg count [MeSH Descriptor]
- parasitology [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Parasite [LOINC component]
- Parasite [NCIt concept]
- Parasite (navigational concept) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Parasites [LOINC component]
- Parasites [LOINC component]
- parasite, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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