Qualifier English: | abnormalities | ||||
Qualifier Spanish: |
anomalías
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Qualifier Portuguese: | anormalidades | ||||
Qualifier French: | malformations | ||||
Entry term(s): |
agenesis anomalies aplasia atresia birth defects congenital defects defects deformities hypoplasia malformations |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000002 | ||||
Scope note: | Used with organs for congenital defects producing changes in the morphology of the organ. It is used also for abnormalities in animals. |
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Annotation: | subhead only; congenital & structural only: does not include abnormal function ( = /physiopathology or disease heading); includes "deformity", "malformation", "anomalous", includes agenesis, aplasia, atresia, ectopy, hypoplasia, etc.; includes more or less than the normal number of organs (as one ureter, six fingers); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.1; DF: /abnorm or /AB |
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Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/AB or AB (SH) or SUBS APPLY AB |
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History Note: | 66; used with Category A 1966-74; A1-9 & A13-15 1975-88; A1-9, A13-15 & B2 1989; A1-10, A13-14, A16 & B2 1990 forward |
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Entry Version: | ABNORM |
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Abbreviation: | AB | ||||
DeCS ID: | 22005 | ||||
Unique ID: | Q000002 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 | ||||
Revision Date: | 2015/07/01 |
abnormalities
- Preferred
aplasia
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atresia
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malformations
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defects
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deformities
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hypoplasia
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agenesis
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congenital defects
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Concept UI |
M0030203 |
Scope note | Used with organs for congenital defects producing changes in the morphology of the organ. It is used also for abnormalities in animals. |
Preferred term | abnormalities |
Entry term(s) |
anomalies |
Concept UI |
M0030209 |
Preferred term | aplasia |
Concept UI |
M0030210 |
Preferred term | atresia |
Concept UI |
M0030208 |
Preferred term | malformations |
Concept UI |
M0030207 |
Preferred term | defects |
Concept UI |
M0030206 |
Preferred term | deformities |
Concept UI |
M0030211 |
Preferred term | hypoplasia |
Concept UI |
M0030204 |
Preferred term | agenesis |
Concept UI |
M0030205 |
Preferred term | congenital defects |
Entry term(s) |
birth defects |
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