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Descriptor English: Ointments
Descriptor Spanish: Pomadas
Descriptor pomadas
Entry term(s) pasta
pastas (pomadas)
pomada
pomada balsámica
ungüento
ungüentos
Scope note: Preparados semisólidos que se utilizan tópicamente por sus efectos emolientes protectores o como vehículos para la administración local de medicamentos. Las bases de las pomadas son diversas mezclas de grasas, ceras, y aceites vegetales y animales e hicrocarburos sólidos y líquidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pomadas
Descriptor French: Onguents
Entry term(s): Ointment
Ointment, Skin
Paste
Pastes
Salve
Salves
Skin Ointment
Unguent
Unguents
Tree number(s): D26.255.640
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009824
Scope note: Semisolid preparations used topically for protective emollient effects or as a vehicle for local administration of medications. Ointment bases are various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons.
Annotation: IM general only; NIM (no qualifiers) with specific drug IM
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
Related: Ointment Bases MeSH
DeCS ID: 10009
Unique ID: D009824
NLM Classification: QV 786.5.O5
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Ointments - Preferred
Concept UI M0015242
Scope note Semisolid preparations used topically for protective emollient effects or as a vehicle for local administration of medications. Ointment bases are various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons.
Preferred term Ointments
Entry term(s) Ointment
Salve
Salves
Unguent
Unguents
Pastes - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0015243
Preferred term Pastes
Entry term(s) Paste
Skin Ointment - Narrower
Concept UI M0573272
Preferred term Skin Ointment
Entry term(s) Ointment, Skin



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