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Descriptor English: Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad
Descriptor enfermedad
Entry term(s) afecciones
afección
dolencia
dolencias
enfermedades
evolución del concepto de enfermedad
Scope note: Proceso patológico definido que se acompaña de un conjunto característico de signos y síntomas. Puede afectar a la totalidad del organismo o alguna de sus partes, y su etiología, fisiopatología y pronóstico pueden ser conocidos o desconocidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença
Descriptor French: Maladie
Entry term(s): Affection
Atteinte
Pathologie
Tree number(s): C23.550.288
HP1.007.262.808
HP2.029
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004194
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 économie
EH ethnologie
ET étiologie
GE génétique
HI histoire
PX psychologie
Entry Combination: diagnosis:Diagnosis
diet therapy:Diet Therapy
drug therapy:Drug Therapy
immunology:Immunity
mortality:Mortality
nursing:Nursing Care
epidemiology:Epidemiology
pathology:Pathology
prevention & control:Preventive Medicine
radiotherapy:Radiotherapy
rehabilitation:Rehabilitation
therapy:Therapeutics
transmission:Disease Transmission, Infectious
veterinary:Animal Diseases
DeCS ID: 28564
Unique ID: D004194
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: 2013/07/09
Maladie - Preferred
Concept UI M0006564
Preferred term Maladie
Entry term(s) Affection
Atteinte
Pathologie



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