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Descriptor English: Vaginal Creams, Foams, and Jellies
Descriptor Spanish: Cremas, Espumas y Geles Vaginales
Descriptor cremas, espumas y geles vaginales
Scope note: Formas de presentación de medicamentos para la aplicación tópica en la vagina. Una crema es una emulsión semisólida que contiene medicamentos suspendidos o disueltos; una espuma es una dispersión de un gas en un líquido medicamentoso que produce una masa ligera, espumosa; una jalea es una masa semisólida coloidal de un material medicamentoso soluble en agua, generalmente traslúcido.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cremes, Espumas e Géis Vaginais
Descriptor French: Crèmes, mousses et gels vaginaux
Entry term(s): Cream, Vaginal
Creams, Vaginal
Foam, Vaginal
Foams, Vaginal
Gel, Vaginal
Gels, Vaginal
Jellies, Vaginal
Jelly, Vaginal
Tablet, Vaginal
Tablets, Vaginal
Vaginal Cream
Vaginal Creams
Vaginal Creams, Foams and Jellies
Vaginal Foam
Vaginal Foams
Vaginal Gel
Vaginal Gels
Vaginal Jellies
Vaginal Jelly
Vaginal Tablet
Vaginal Tablets
Tree number(s): D26.255.955
E07.357.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014622
Scope note: Medicated dosage forms for topical application in the vagina. A cream is a semisolid emulsion containing suspended or dissolved medication; a foam is a dispersion of a gas in a medicated liquid resulting in a light, frothy mass; a jelly is a colloidal semisolid mass of a water soluble medicated material, usually translucent.
Annotation: IM general only; coordinate NIM with specific drug (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CH chemistry
CL classification
EC economics
HI history
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
Previous Indexing: Dosage Forms (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 2007; see VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS AND JELLIES 1975-2006
History Note: 2007 (1975)
Related: Spermatocidal Agents MeSH
DeCS ID: 15024
Unique ID: D014622
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Vaginal Creams, Foams, and Jellies - Preferred
Concept UI M0022478
Scope note Medicated dosage forms for topical application in the vagina. A cream is a semisolid emulsion containing suspended or dissolved medication; a foam is a dispersion of a gas in a medicated liquid resulting in a light, frothy mass; a jelly is a colloidal semisolid mass of a water soluble medicated material, usually translucent.
Preferred term Vaginal Creams, Foams, and Jellies
Entry term(s) Vaginal Creams, Foams and Jellies
Vaginal Tablet - Narrower
Concept UI M0022481
Preferred term Vaginal Tablet
Entry term(s) Tablet, Vaginal
Tablets, Vaginal
Vaginal Tablets
Vaginal Jelly - Narrower
Concept UI M0022480
Preferred term Vaginal Jelly
Entry term(s) Gel, Vaginal
Gels, Vaginal
Jellies, Vaginal
Jelly, Vaginal
Vaginal Gel
Vaginal Gels
Vaginal Jellies
Vaginal Creams - Narrower
Concept UI M0022477
Preferred term Vaginal Creams
Entry term(s) Cream, Vaginal
Creams, Vaginal
Vaginal Cream
Vaginal Foams - Narrower
Concept UI M0022479
Preferred term Vaginal Foams
Entry term(s) Foam, Vaginal
Foams, Vaginal
Vaginal Foam



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