Qualifier in English: | blood |
Qualifier in Spanish: | sangre |
Qualifier in Portuguese: | sangue |
Qualifier in French: | sang |
Scope note: | Used for the presence or analysis of substances in the blood; also for examination of, or changes in, the blood in disease states. It excludes serodiagnosis, for which the subheading "diagnosis" is used, and serology, for which "immunology" is used. |
Annotation: | subhead only; for "in blood" or "blood in" animals or diseases; includes the presence of cells, coagulating elements, endogenous & exogenous chemical substances; not for "serology" ( = /immunology), nor for "serodiagnosis" ( = /diagnosis), nor for the presence of microbes or parasites in the blood in disease ( = /microbiology or /parasitology); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.10; DF: /blood or /BL |
Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/BL or BL (SH) or SUBS APPLY BL |
History Note: | 67; used with Category C, D & F 1967-74; B2, C, D, F3 1975-86; B2, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+ & PUERPERIUM+ 1987; B2, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+, PUERPERIUM+ & SMOKING 1988; B2, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+, PUERPERIUM+ & SMOKING+ 1989; B2, C, D1-24 & F3 1990 forward |
Entry Version: |
BLOOD |
Abbreviation: | BL |
DeCS UI: | 22062 |
Descriptor UI: | Q000097 |
Date Established: | 1967/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 |
Revision Date: | 2003/07/22 |
blood
- Preferred
Concept UI |
M0030288 |
Scope note | Used for the presence or analysis of substances in the blood; also for examination of, or changes in, the blood in disease states. It excludes serodiagnosis, for which the subheading "diagnosis" is used, and serology, for which "immunology" is used. |
Preferred term | blood |
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