User suggestions for DeCS vocabulary
User suggestions for DeCS terms are often analyzed for literary warrant and other criteria, such as avoiding expressions with more than one meaning, in order to produce a useful vocabulary for indexing and retrieving literature in the health sciences area.
During the first half of 2024, suggestions for terms to be included as descriptors were analyzed and some were added. For the 2025 edition, to be released in the first semester of next year, the following terms were added to the vocabulary:
| PORTUGUESE | SPANISH | ENGLISH | Entry term for |
| Implante Dental Imediato | Implante Dental Inmediato | Immediate Dental Implant | Dental Implants |
| Fisiculturismo | Culturismo | Bodybuilding | Weight Lifting |
| Osseodensificação | Osteodensificación | Osseodensification | Dental Implantation, Endosseous, Endodontic |
| Pictogramas como Assunto; Pictografia como Assunto | Pictogramas como Asunto | Pictorial Works as Topic | |
| Experiência do Paciente | Experiencia del Paciente | Patient Experience | Patient Satisfaction |
| Medicina do Estilo de Vida | Medicina del Estilo de Vida | Lifestyle Medicine | Behavioral Medicine |
| Eritrodermia Idiopática | Eritrodermia Idiopática | Idiopathic Erythroderma | Dermatitis, Exfoliative |
| Taxa de Abandono Vacinal | Tasa de Abandono Vacunal | Vaccination Dropout Rates | NEW DESCRIPTOR FOR 2025 |
| Comunicação não Violenta | Comunicación no Violenta | Nonviolent Communication | Comunication |
| Socioeducação | Socioeducación | Socioeducation | Socio-Educational Measure |
| Estimulação Sensório-Motora | — | Sensorimotor Stimulation | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| Fibromatose Mesentérica | Fibromatosis Mesentérica | Mesenteric Fibromatosis | Fibromatosis, Aggressive |
| Tumor Desmoide | Tumor Desmoide | Desmoid Tumor | Fibromatosis, Aggressive |
Thank you for all users for their suggestions!
Category: Vocabulary updates
