| Descriptor English: | Semen Preservation | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Preservación de Semen 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Preservação do Sêmen | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Conservation de semence | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Frozen Semen Preservation, Semen Preservation, Sperm Semen, Frozen Sperm Preservation | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | E02.792.833.890 E05.760.833.890 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012662 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The process by which semen is kept viable outside of the organism from which it was derived (i.e., kept from decay by means of a chemical agent, cooling, or a fluid substitute that mimics the natural state within the organism). | ||||||
| Annotation: | cryopreservation of semen: coord IM with CRYOPRESERVATION (IM) | ||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | AE                                                            adverse effects CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation MO mortality MT methods NU nursing PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: | Freezing (1966-1977) Semen (1966-1977) | ||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 78 | ||||||
| History Note: | 78 | ||||||
| Related: | Sperm Banks
                                            MeSH Tissue and Organ Harvesting MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 13044 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D012662 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1978/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1977/04/22 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2011/06/24 | 
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                                        ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
 
 Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics
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 ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
 Investigative Techniques [E05]Investigative Techniques
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                        Semen Preservation                                            
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                        Sperm Preservation                                            
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                        Frozen Semen                                            
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                | Concept UI | M0019631 | 
| Scope note | The process by which semen is kept viable outside of the organism from which it was derived (i.e., kept from decay by means of a chemical agent, cooling, or a fluid substitute that mimics the natural state within the organism). | 
| Preferred term | Semen Preservation | 
| Entry term(s) | Preservation, Semen | 
| Concept UI | M0019632 | 
| Preferred term | Sperm Preservation | 
| Entry term(s) | Preservation, Sperm | 
| Concept UI | M0019630 | 
| Preferred term | Frozen Semen | 
| Entry term(s) | Semen, Frozen | 
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