pediculus - CISMeF

Preferred Label : pediculus;

MeSH definition : Lice of the genus Pediculus, family Pediculidae. Pediculus humanus corporus is the human body louse and Pediculus humanus capitis is the human head louse.;

MeSH synonym : pediculi; nits;

MeSH hyponym : body louse; head louse; Head Louses; Louse, Head; Louses, Head; Head Lice; Head Lices; Lice, Head; Lices, Head; Body Louses; Louse, Body; Louses, Body; Body Lice; Body Lices; Lice, Body; Lices, Body;

MeSH annotation : infestation: coordinate IM with PEDICULOSIS see LICE INFESTATIONS (IM); for killing Pediculus with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES;

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

UNII : txid121222;

Details

Origin ID

D010374;

UMLS CUI

C0030760;

Allowable qualifiers
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
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- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathogenicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Genus Pediculus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pediculus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- pediculus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- head lice [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- body louse [MeSH concept]
- head louse [MeSH concept]
- pediculus [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- lice infestations [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Genus Pediculus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nit (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pediculus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- pediculus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Human Head Louse [NCIt concept]
- pediculosis corporis [Disease (Nov.)]
- pediculus capitis [Disease (Nov.)]

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