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Descriptor English: Pressure
Descriptor Spanish: Presión
Descriptor presión
Scope note: Tensión ejercida uniformemente en todas direcciones. Su medida es la fuerza ejercida por unidad de área. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Pressão
Descriptor French: Pression
Entry term(s): Pressures
Tree number(s): G01.374.715
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011312
Scope note: A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Annotation: spinal or cerebrospinal fluid pressure = CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; pressure within heart ventricles = VENTRICULAR PRESSURE
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(64)
Related: Atmospheric Pressure MeSH
Blood Pressure MeSH
Manometry MeSH
DeCS ID: 11747
Unique ID: D011312
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Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Pressure - Preferred
Concept UI M0017564
Scope note A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Preferred term Pressure
Entry term(s) Pressures



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