| Qualifier English: | instrumentation | ||||
| Qualifier Spanish: | instrumentación 
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| Qualifier Portuguese: | instrumentação | ||||
| Qualifier French: | instrumentation | ||||
| Entry term(s): | apparatus appliances devices equipment instruments | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000295 | ||||
| Scope note: | Used with diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, analytic techniques, and specialties or disciplines, for the development or modification of apparatus, instruments, or equipment. | ||||
| Annotation: | subhead only; includes "apparatus", "appliances", "instruments","equipment", "supplies", "devices"; not for techniques ( = /methods); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.40; DF: /instrum or /IS | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/IS or IS (SH) or SUBS APPLY IS | ||||
| History Note: | 66; used with Category E-H 1966-67; E-H & J 1968-74; E, F2, F4, G1-3, H, J & L 1975-81; E1-6, F2, F4, G1-3, H, J & L 1982-89; E1-6, F4 & G1-2 1990 forward | ||||
| Entry Version: | INSTRUM | ||||
| Abbreviation: | IS | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 22039 | ||||
| Unique ID: | Q000295 | ||||
| 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: | 2003/07/24 | 
                        
                                                                    
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                | Concept UI | M0030489 | 
| Scope note | Used with diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, analytic techniques, and specialties or disciplines, for the development or modification of apparatus, instruments, or equipment. | 
| Preferred term | instrumentation | 
| Concept UI | M0030494 | 
| Preferred term | instruments | 
| Concept UI | M0030490 | 
| Preferred term | devices | 
| Concept UI | M0030491 | 
| Preferred term | equipment | 
| Concept UI | M0030492 | 
| Preferred term | apparatus | 
| Concept UI | M0030493 | 
| Preferred term | appliances | 
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