| Qualifier English: | physiology | ||||
| Qualifier Spanish: | fisiología 
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| Qualifier Portuguese: | fisiologia | ||||
| Qualifier French: | physiologie | ||||
| Entry term(s): | function | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000502 | ||||
| Scope note: | Used with organs, tissues, and cells of unicellular and multicellular organisms for normal function. It is used also with biochemical substances, endogenously produced, for their physiologic role. | ||||
| Annotation: | subhead only; normal "function" only: for function in disease use /physiopathology; with endogenous chemicals only, for their physiologic role; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.55; DF: /physiol or /PH | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/PH or PH (SH) or SUBS APPLY PH | ||||
| History Note: | 66; used with Category A, B & G 1966; A, B, D & G 1967-69; A, B & D 1970-74; A, B, D & F1-2 1975-86; A, B, D, F1-2, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+ & PUERPERIUM+ 1987-89; A, B, D8, D11-13, D24, F2 & G4-1 1990 forward | ||||
| Entry Version: | PHYSIOL | ||||
| Abbreviation: | PH | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 22031 | ||||
| Unique ID: | Q000502 | ||||
| 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: | 2003/07/22 | 
                        
                                                                    
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                | Concept UI | M0030706 | 
| Scope note | Used with organs, tissues, and cells of unicellular and multicellular organisms for normal function. It is used also with biochemical substances, endogenously produced, for their physiologic role. | 
| Preferred term | physiology | 
| Entry term(s) | function | 
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