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Descriptor English: Medicine, Unani
Descriptor Spanish: Medicina Unani
Descriptor medicina unani
Scope note: Sistema médico greco-árabe modificado, hoy floreciente y que se conoce como medicina unani. Fue producto de médicos árabes y de estudiosos cautivados por la filosofía, la ciencia y la medicina griega. Se practica hoy en día en la India y en Paquistán, fundamentalmente como fitoterapia. (Traducción libre del original: Magner, A History of Medicine, 1992, p136)
Descriptor Portuguese: Medicina Unani
Descriptor French: Médecine unani
Entry term(s): Unani Medicine
Tree number(s): E02.190.488.510.500
I01.076.201.450.654.510.500
MT1.388.510.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019367
Scope note: A modified Greco-Arabic medical system. It reflects Arabic medicine blending with Greek philosophy, science, and medicine.
Annotation: specify geographic term only if relevant
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
EC economics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Entry Version: MED UNANI
DeCS ID: 33099
Unique ID: D019367
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Medicine, Unani - Preferred
Concept UI M0028822
Scope note A modified Greco-Arabic medical system. It reflects Arabic medicine blending with Greek philosophy, science, and medicine.
Preferred term Medicine, Unani
Entry term(s) Unani Medicine



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