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Qualifier English:

abnormalities

Qualifier Spanish:

anomalías

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	anomalías
Scope note:	Usado con órganos para defectos congénitos que producen cambios en la morfología del órgano. Se usa también para anormalidades en animales.

Qualifier Portuguese:

anormalidades

Qualifier French:

malformations

Entry term(s):

agenesis
anomalies
aplasia
atresia
birth defects
congenital defects
defects
deformities
hypoplasia
malformations

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000002

Scope note:

Used with organs for congenital defects producing changes in the morphology of the organ. It is used also for abnormalities in animals.

Annotation:

subhead only; congenital & structural only: does not include abnormal function ( = /physiopathology or disease heading); includes "deformity", "malformation", "anomalous", includes agenesis, aplasia, atresia, ectopy, hypoplasia, etc.; includes more or less than the normal number of organs (as one ureter, six fingers); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.1; DF: /abnorm or /AB

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

Online Note:

search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/AB or AB (SH) or SUBS APPLY AB

History Note:

66; used with Category A 1966-74; A1-9 & A13-15 1975-88; A1-9, A13-15 & B2 1989; A1-10, A13-14, A16 & B2 1990 forward

Entry Version:

ABNORM

Abbreviation:

DeCS ID:

22005

Unique ID:

Q000002

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1973/12/27

Revision Date:

2015/07/01

abnormalities - Preferred

Concept UI	M0030203
Scope note	Used with organs for congenital defects producing changes in the morphology of the organ. It is used also for abnormalities in animals.
Preferred term	abnormalities
Entry term(s)	anomalies

aplasia - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030209
Preferred term	aplasia

atresia - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030210
Preferred term	atresia

malformations - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030208
Preferred term	malformations

defects - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030207
Preferred term	defects

deformities - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030206
Preferred term	deformities

hypoplasia - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030211
Preferred term	hypoplasia

agenesis - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030204
Preferred term	agenesis

congenital defects - Narrower

Concept UI	M0030205
Preferred term	congenital defects
Entry term(s)	birth defects

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