reproductive medicine

Preferred Label : reproductive medicine;

MeSH definition : A medical-surgical specialty concerned with the morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of reproduction in man and other animals, and on the biological, medical, and veterinary problems of fertility and lactation. It includes ovulation induction, diagnosis of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss, and assisted reproductive technologies such as embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization, and intrafallopian transfer of zygotes. (From Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America, Foreword 1990; Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, Notice to Contributors, Jan 1979);

MeSH synonym : medicine, reproductive;

MeSH annotation : use for the specialty only; use REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH for the state of the reproductive system;

Details

Origin ID

D018456;

UMLS CUI

C0242668;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- reproductive hazards [MedlinePlus Topic]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Reproductive Medicine [NCIt concept]
- reproductive medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Metaterm(s)
- reproductive medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- reproductive medicine [MeSH concept]
See also
- gynecology [MeSH Descriptor]
- reproductive health [MeSH Descriptor]
- reproductive techniques [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- sperm banks [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Reproductive Medicine [NCIt concept]
- Reproductive medicine (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- reproductive medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]

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