sensation - CISMeF

Preferred Label : sensation;

MeSH definition : The process in which specialized SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS transduce peripheral stimuli (physical or chemical) into NERVE IMPULSES which are then transmitted to the various sensory centers in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.;

MeSH synonym : sensations; Sensory Function; Function, Sensory; Functions, Sensory; Sensory Functions; organoleptic;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Sense;

MeSH annotation : SENSATION DISORDERS is available but burning, tingling or prickling sensations go under PARESTHESIA;

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

Details

Origin ID

D012677;

UMLS CUI

C0036658;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Feelings [NCIt concept]
- Feels [NCIt concept]
- Foreign body sensation (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sensate [NCIt concept]
- Sensation [DeCS]
- Sensation 'as if ...' (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sensation quality (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sensory function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sensory functions [HPMULTI term]
- Sensory functions [ICHI extension code]
- Sensory perception function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- sensation [MeSH concept]
See also
- Modalities, Sensorial [DeCS]
- Modalities, Symptomatic [DeCS]
- Psychic Symptoms [DeCS]
- perception [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- sensation disorders [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Organ or Tissue Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sensation [NCIt concept]
- Sensory function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sensory perception [LOINC component]
- Sensory perception function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sensation, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- sensory perception [GO term]
- sensory processing [GO term]

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