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Descriptor English: Cadaver
Descriptor Spanish: Cadáver
Descriptor cadáver
Scope note: Cuerpo muerto, por lo general de un ser humano.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cadáver
Descriptor French: Cadavre
Entry term(s): Cadavers
Corpse
Corpses
Tree number(s): C23.550.260.224
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002102
Scope note: A dead body, usually a human body.
Annotation: NIM for cadaveric organs in transplantation; do not index here routinely for postmortem studies; article must be on cadavers as a corpse; AUTOPSY is available for the procedure and / pathol is available with diseases and tissues for postmortem pathology
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 2136
Unique ID: D002102
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Cadaver - Preferred
Concept UI M0003129
Scope note A dead body, usually a human body.
Preferred term Cadaver
Entry term(s) Cadavers
Corpse
Corpses



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