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Descriptor English: Human Body
Descriptor Spanish: Cuerpo Humano
Descriptor cuerpo humano
Entry term(s) figura humana
Scope note: El ser humano como entidad no anatómica ni zoológica, con énfasis en el tratamiento filosófico o artístico del ser humano, incluidas la posición y las actitudes sociales hacia el cuerpo en la historia. (Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)
Descriptor Portuguese: Corpo Humano
Descriptor French: Corps humain
Entry term(s): Corps humains
Figure humaine
Parties corporelles
Parties du corps
Parties et liquides corporels
Parties et liquides du corps
Silhouette humaine
Tree number(s): I01.076.201.450.560
K01.093.378
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018594
Scope note: The human being as a non-anatomical and non-zoological entity. The emphasis is on the philosophical or artistic treatment of the human being, and includes lay and social attitudes toward the body in history. (From J. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)
Annotation: the human body as a whole, viewed from an artistic, cultural, historical, or social perspective
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 32187
Unique ID: D018594
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/19
Revision Date: 2004/07/13
Corps humain - Preferred
Concept UI M0027873
Preferred term Corps humain
Entry term(s) Corps humains
Figure humaine
Silhouette humaine
Parties et liquides du corps - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0413913
Preferred term Parties et liquides du corps
Entry term(s) Parties et liquides corporels
Parties du corps - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0413912
Preferred term Parties du corps
Entry term(s) Parties corporelles



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