tears - CISMeF

Preferred Label : tears;

MeSH definition : The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.;

MeSH synonym : tear;

MeSH hyponym : Meibomian Lipids; Lipid, Meibomian; Meibomian Lipid;

MeSH annotation : lacrimation TEARS /secret unless LACRIMAL APPARATUS /secret or LACRIMAL APPARATUS /physiol is particularly discussed; epiphora: index under LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A in tears: index TEARS (IM) IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY (IM); lacrimation TEARS /physiol but consider also LACRIMAL APPARATUS if particularly discussed; epiphora: index LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A in tears: index TEARS /immunol IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY;

Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears;

Details

Origin ID

D013666;

UMLS CUI

C0039409;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Crying associated with mood (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Epiphora [ICD-11 Category]
- Epiphora [HPO term]
- Laceration (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Rupture (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- TARS1 wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- Tear production, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tearfulness [NCIt concept]
- Tearfulness [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- tear [Radlex concept]
False automatic mappings
- Epiphora (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Indexing information
- tear proteins [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Metaterm(s)
- ophthalmology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- Meibum [MeSH concept]
- tears [MeSH concept]
See also
- lacrimal apparatus [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Lacrimal Elimination [MeSH Descriptor]
- crying [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Tear Shape [NCIt concept]
- Tearing [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Portion of tear [FMA entity]
- Tear [NCIt concept]
- Tear [LOINC System]
- Tears (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- secretion of lacrimal gland [UBERON concept]
- tears [SNOMED Notion]
- tears [MedlinePlus Topic]

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