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Descriptor English: Pseudopregnancy
Descriptor Spanish: Seudoembarazo
Descriptor pseudoembarazo
Entry term(s) pseudociesis
Scope note: Estado acíclico que se asemeja al EMBARAZO en que no hay un ciclo ovárico, ciclo ESTRAL, o CICLO MENSTRUAL. A diferencia del embarazo, no hay IMPLANTACIÓN DEL EMBRIÓN. El pseudoembarazo puede ser inducido experimentalmente para formar un DECIDUOMA en el ÚTERO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pseudogravidez
Descriptor French: Grossesse nerveuse
Entry term(s): Pseudocyesis
Pseudopregnancies
Tree number(s): G08.686.784.769.887
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011555
Scope note: An acyclic state that resembles PREGNANCY in that there is no ovarian cycle, ESTROUS CYCLE, or MENSTRUAL CYCLE. Unlike pregnancy, there is no EMBRYO IMPLANTATION. Pseudopregnancy can be experimentally induced to form DECIDUOMA in the UTERUS.
Annotation: do NOT check tag PREGNANCY
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
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
History Note: was in Cat G only 1968-78, was in Cat F only 1963-67
Entry Version: PSEUDOPREGN
DeCS ID: 11992
Unique ID: D011555
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Pseudopregnancy - Preferred
Concept UI M0017962
Scope note An acyclic state that resembles PREGNANCY in that there is no ovarian cycle, ESTROUS CYCLE, or MENSTRUAL CYCLE. Unlike pregnancy, there is no EMBRYO IMPLANTATION. Pseudopregnancy can be experimentally induced to form DECIDUOMA in the UTERUS.
Preferred term Pseudopregnancy
Entry term(s) Pseudocyesis
Pseudopregnancies



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