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Descriptor English: Snake Bites
Descriptor Spanish: Mordeduras de Serpientes
Descriptor mordeduras de serpiente
Entry term(s) envenenamiento por mordedura de serpiente
envenenamiento por serpiente
envenenamiento por serpientes
Scope note: Picaduras de serpientes. La mordedura de una serpiente venenosa se caracteriza por dolor punzante en el punto de la herida. El veneno inyectado en el punto de la mordedura puede tener efectos deletéreos en la sangre o en el sistema nervioso. (Webster's 3d ed; Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Mordeduras de Serpentes
Descriptor French: Morsures de serpent
Entry term(s): Bite, Snake
Bites, Snake
Envenomation, Snakebite
Envenoming, Snake
Envenomings, Snake
Snake Bite
Snake Envenoming
Snake Envenomings
Snakebite
Snakebite Envenomation
Snakebite Envenomations
Snakebites
Tree number(s): C25.723.127.442
C26.176.724
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012909
Scope note: Bites by snakes. Bite by a venomous snake is characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous)
Annotation: Coordinate IM with specific snake family or genus (IM); therapy with antivenins is /ther, not /drug ther
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
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
Related: Antivenins MeSH
Snake Venoms MeSH
DeCS ID: 13290
Unique ID: D012909
NLM Classification: WD 410
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Snake Bites - Preferred
Concept UI M0019987
Scope note Bites by snakes. Bite by a venomous snake is characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous)
Preferred term Snake Bites
Entry term(s) Bite, Snake
Bites, Snake
Envenomation, Snakebite
Envenoming, Snake
Envenomings, Snake
Snake Bite
Snake Envenoming
Snake Envenomings
Snakebite
Snakebite Envenomation
Snakebite Envenomations
Snakebites



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