medical subject headings

Preferred Label : medical subject headings;

MeSH definition : Controlled vocabulary thesaurus produced by the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. It consists of sets of terms naming descriptors in a hierarchical structure that permits searching at various levels of specificity.;

MeSH synonym : medical subject heading; subject heading, medical; subject headings, medical; MeSH headings;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Mesh (disambiguation);

MeSH annotation : CATALOGER: Use NAF entry;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh (disambiguation);

Details

Origin ID

D046650;

UMLS CUI

C1135584;

Allowable qualifiers
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Mesh [NCIt concept]
- Mesh (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Medical Subject Headings [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- medical subject headings [MeSH concept]
See also
- MEDLINE [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Medical Subject Headings [NCIt concept]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

Main resources

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