| Descriptor in English: | Blood |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Sangre |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Sangue |
| Descriptor in French: | Sang |
| Tree number(s): |
A12.207.152 A15.145 |
| Scope note: | The body fluid that circulates in the vascular system (BLOOD VESSELS). Whole blood includes PLASMA and BLOOD CELLS. |
| Annotation: | general only as a substance: prefer / blood with higher animals, substances & diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.10; not for hemodynamics: Manual 23.28, 23.29; reinfusion = BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; venous blood: coordinate BLOOD + VEINS or specific vein but do not index here for routine blood samples; arterial blood: coordinate BLOOD + ARTERIES or specific artery but only if the arterial aspect is significant; "blood picture" = probably BLOOD CELLS or BLOOD CELL COUNT; "blood clot": physiol clot or clotting = BLOOD COAGULATION, pathologic clot or clotting = THROMBOSIS or EMBOLISM |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
DE drug effects DG diagnostic imaging IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology PS parasitology RE radiation effects VI virology |
| See also the descriptors: |
Hematopoiesis
MeSH Occult Blood MeSH |
| DeCS UI: | 1794 |
| Descriptor UI: | D001769 |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2018/06/29 |
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Blood
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| Concept UI |
M0002669 |
| Scope note | The body fluid that circulates in the vascular system (BLOOD VESSELS). Whole blood includes PLASMA and BLOOD CELLS. |
| Preferred term | Blood |
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