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Descriptor English: Aging
Descriptor Spanish: Envejecimiento
Descriptor envejecimiento
Entry term(s) senescencia
Scope note: Cambios graduales e irreversibles en la estructura y función de un organismo, que se producen como consecuencia del paso del tiempo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Envelhecimento
Descriptor French: Vieillissement
Entry term(s): Sénescence
Vieillissement biologique
Tree number(s): G07.345.124
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000375
Scope note: The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time.
Annotation: human & animal; IM; aging process anywhere between birth & old age; differentiation from other age-related terms; "aging" of lower organisms, cultures, drugs, etc. is probably TIME FACTORS; AGING, PREMATURE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EH ethnologie
ES éthique
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PX psychologie
RE effets des radiations
UR urine
Related: Vieillissement de la cellule MeSH
Vieillissement de la peau MeSH
DeCS ID: 22101
Unique ID: D000375
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/17
Vieillissement - Preferred
Concept UI M0000573
Preferred term Vieillissement
Sénescence - Narrower
Concept UI M0000575
Preferred term Sénescence
Vieillissement biologique - Narrower
Concept UI M0000574
Preferred term Vieillissement biologique



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