| Qualifier in English: | physiology |
| Qualifier in Spanish: | fisiología |
| Qualifier in Portuguese: | fisiologia |
| Qualifier in French: | physiologie |
| Entry term(s): |
function |
| Scope note: | Used with organs, tissues, and cells of unicellular and multicellular organisms for normal function. It is used also with biochemical substances, endogenously produced, for their physiologic role. |
| Annotation: | subhead only; normal "function" only: for function in disease use /physiopathology; with endogenous chemicals only, for their physiologic role; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.55; DF: /physiol or /PH |
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/PH or PH (SH) or SUBS APPLY PH |
| History Note: | 66; used with Category A, B & G 1966; A, B, D & G 1967-69; A, B & D 1970-74; A, B, D & F1-2 1975-86; A, B, D, F1-2, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+ & PUERPERIUM+ 1987-89; A, B, D8, D11-13, D24, F2 & G4-1 1990 forward |
| Entry Version: |
PHYSIOL |
| Abbreviation: | PH |
| DeCS UI: | 22031 |
| Descriptor UI: | Q000502 |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 |
| Revision Date: | 2003/07/22 |
physiology
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0030706 |
| Scope note | Used with organs, tissues, and cells of unicellular and multicellular organisms for normal function. It is used also with biochemical substances, endogenously produced, for their physiologic role. |
| Preferred term | physiology |
| Entry term(s) |
function |
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