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Descriptor English: Defensive and Curative Mechanisms
Descriptor Spanish: Mecanismos Defensivos y Curativos
Descriptor mecanismos de defensa y curativos
Scope note: Mecanismos utilizados por el organismo para eliminar noxas y determinar el proceso de curación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mecanismos Defensivos e Curativos
Descriptor French: Mécanismes Défensifs et Curatifs
Tree number(s): HP2.007.110
Scope note: Reactive mechanisms used by the body through the vital force in order to neutralize the action of a harmful agent and determine the healing process.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
HI history
NU nursing
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
SN statistics & numerical data
VE veterinary
Related: Clinical Evolution DeCS
Exoneration DeCS
Healing Parameters DeCS
DeCS ID: 26905
Unique ID: DDCS026905
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Defensive and Curative Mechanisms - Preferred
Concept UI FD00059501
Scope note Reactive mechanisms used by the body through the vital force in order to neutralize the action of a harmful agent and determine the healing process.
Preferred term Defensive and Curative Mechanisms



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