| Descriptor in English: | Disease |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Enfermedad |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Doença |
| Descriptor in French: | Maladie |
| Entry term(s): |
Diseases |
| Tree number(s): |
C23.550.288 HP1.007.262.808 HP2.029 SP5.001.002.013 |
| Scope note: | A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown. |
| Annotation: | general only as a physiological, pathological, philosophical concept, opposite "health"; Manual 23.5+; / econ permitted but consider also economic aspects of disease as ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; / psychol permitted but consider also psychogenic origin of disease as PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics EH ethnology ET etiology GE genetics HI history PX psychology |
| DeCS UI: | 28564 |
| Descriptor UI: | D004194 |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2013/07/09 |
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HOMEOPATHY
Homeopathy [HP1]Homeopathy
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Disease
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| Concept UI |
M0006564 |
| Scope note | A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown. |
| Preferred term | Disease |
| Entry term(s) |
Diseases |
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