skin - CISMeF

Preferred Label : skin;

MeSH definition : The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.;

MeSH annotation : for animal tissue in wound ther see note on BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; inflammation DERMATITIS & its specifics; dryness of skin: index under SKIN DISEASES & do not interpret as XERODERMA see ICHTHYOSIS without clues from text;

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

Details

Origin ID

D012867;

UMLS CUI

C1123023;

Allowable qualifiers
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
False automatic mappings
- Skin problem (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
Localisation(s) d'après SNOMED CT
- acanthosis nigricans [MeSH Descriptor]
- acro-osteolysis [MeSH Descriptor]
- acrodynia [MeSH Descriptor]
- acrospiroma [MeSH Descriptor]
- adenocarcinoma, sebaceous [MeSH Descriptor]
- adiposis dolorosa [MeSH Descriptor]
- albinism, oculocutaneous [MeSH Descriptor]
- angiomatosis, bacillary [MeSH Descriptor]
- lipomatosis, multiple symmetrical [MeSH Descriptor]
- mite infestations [MeSH Descriptor]
Metaterm(s)
- dermatology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- skin [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH term(s)
- dermatologic surgical procedures [MeSH Descriptor]
- skin abnormalities [MeSH Descriptor]
- skin physiological phenomena [MeSH Descriptor]
- skin transplantation [MeSH Descriptor]
See also
- dermatologic agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- keratinocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
- skin manifestations [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- skin abnormalities [MeSH Descriptor]
- skin, artificial [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body System [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Skin [FMA entity]
- Skin [LOINC component]
- Skin [LOINC System]
- Skin [ICNP localization]
- Skin [LOINC System]
- Skin structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- skin [ICPC-2 Chapter]
- skin of body [UBERON concept]
- skin, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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