| Descriptor English: | Inflammation | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Inflamación
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Inflamação | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Inflammation | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Inflammations Inflammatory Response, Innate Innate Inflammatory Response Innate Inflammatory Responses |
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| Tree number(s): |
C23.550.470 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007249 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A pathological process characterized by injury or destruction of tissues caused by a variety of cytologic and chemical reactions. It is usually manifested by typical signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function. |
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| Annotation: | IM for general inflammatory process; terms for inflammation of specific organs usually expressed by the Greek root for the organ with the suffix -ITIS (pancreas inflammation = PANCREATITIS); if no specific inflammation term exists, coordinate the organ-disease term with INFLAMMATION (NIM) (parathyroid inflammation = PARATHYROID DISEASES + INFLAMMATION) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Entry Version: | INFLAMM |
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| Related: |
Acute-Phase Reaction
MeSH Anti-Inflammatory Agents MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 7426 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D007249 | ||||||
| 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: | 2019/04/08 |
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Inflammation
- Preferred
Innate Inflammatory Response
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0011307 |
| Scope note | A pathological process characterized by injury or destruction of tissues caused by a variety of cytologic and chemical reactions. It is usually manifested by typical signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function. |
| Preferred term | Inflammation |
| Entry term(s) |
Inflammations |
| Concept UI |
M000648460 |
| Preferred term | Innate Inflammatory Response |
| Entry term(s) |
Inflammatory Response, Innate Innate Inflammatory Responses |
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