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Descriptor English: Sneezing
Descriptor Spanish: Estornudo
Descriptor estornudo
Scope note: Expulsión súbita, enérgica e involuntaria de aire por la NARIZ y la BOCA causada por la irritación de las MEMBRANAS MUCOSAS del TRACTO RESPIRATORIO superior.
Descriptor Portuguese: Espirro
Descriptor French: Éternuement
Entry term(s): Sternutation
Tree number(s): C23.888.852.889
G09.772.832
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012912
Scope note: The sudden, forceful, involuntary expulsion of air from the NOSE and MOUTH caused by irritation to the MUCOUS MEMBRANES of the upper RESPIRATORY TRACT.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
ES éthique
GE génétique
IM immunologie
PH physiologie
RE effets des radiations
DeCS ID: 13293
Unique ID: D012912
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Éternuement - Preferred
Concept UI M0019990
Preferred term Éternuement
Entry term(s) Sternutation



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