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Descriptor English: Snoring
Descriptor Spanish: Ronquido
Descriptor ronquido
Scope note: Respiración áspera, ruidosa, durante el sueño, debida a la vibración de la úvula y el paladar blando.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ronco
Descriptor French: Ronflement
Entry term(s): Snorings
Tree number(s): C23.888.852.779.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012913
Scope note: Rough, noisy breathing during sleep, due to vibration of the uvula and soft palate.
Annotation: note category
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
Public MeSH Note: 85; was see under RESPIRATORY SOUNDS 1980-84 & MOUTH BREATHING 1979
History Note: 85(79); was see under RESPIRATORY SOUNDS 1980-84 & MOUTH BREATHING 1979
DeCS ID: 13294
Unique ID: D012913
NLM Classification: WF 143
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Date Established: 1985/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/19
Revision Date: 1990/05/29
Snoring - Preferred
Concept UI M0019991
Scope note Rough, noisy breathing during sleep, due to vibration of the uvula and soft palate.
Preferred term Snoring
Entry term(s) Snorings



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