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Descriptor English: Local Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad Local
Descriptor enfermedad local
Entry term(s) dolencia local
Scope note: Dolencia circunscrita, externa o interna.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença Local
Descriptor French: Maladie Locale
Entry term(s): Local Illness
Tree number(s): HP1.007.262.808.191
Scope note: The designation given to diseases or conditions limited to a specific organ or tissue, externally or internally located. Homeopathy considers: (1) the local disease itself; recent, trivial and minor injury resulting from the mechanical action of an attacking agent; and (2) localized disease: persistent, anomalous lesion of significant importance representing the expression of vital force imbalance.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EP epidemiology
HI history
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Related: Acute Disease MeSH
Local Symptoms DeCS
Medicamentous Tropism DeCS
DeCS ID: 26446
Unique ID: DDCS026446
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Local Disease - Preferred
Concept UI FD00059091
Scope note The designation given to diseases or conditions limited to a specific organ or tissue, externally or internally located. Homeopathy considers: (1) the local disease itself; recent, trivial and minor injury resulting from the mechanical action of an attacking agent; and (2) localized disease: persistent, anomalous lesion of significant importance representing the expression of vital force imbalance.
Preferred term Local Disease
Entry term(s) Local Illness



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