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Descriptor English: Pregnant People
Descriptor Spanish: Personas Embarazadas
Descriptor personas embarazadas
Entry term(s) embarazada
mujeres embarazadas
mujeres gestantes
Scope note: Humanos embarazados como entidades culturales, psicológicas o sociológicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Gestantes
Descriptor French: Personnes enceintes
Entry term(s): Pregnant Person
Pregnant Woman
Pregnant Women
Woman, Pregnant
Women, Pregnant
Tree number(s): M01.975.807
SP3.522.561.200.488
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D037841
Scope note: Humans who are pregnant, as cultural, psychological, or sociological entities.
Annotation: IM as psychological or social entity; /educ consider also PRENATAL EDUCATION
Allowable Qualifiers: ED education
EH ethnology
PX psychology
Previous Indexing: Pregnancy (1966-2002)
Public MeSH Note: Pregnant Women 2003-2024; Pregnant People (2025-)
History Note: Pregnant Women 2003-2024; Pregnant People (2025-)
Related: Maternal-Fetal Relations MeSH
Pregnancy MeSH
DeCS ID: 37736
Unique ID: D037841
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2024/07/26
Pregnant People - Narrower
Concept UI M0017472
Scope note Humans who are pregnant, as cultural, psychological, or sociological entities.
Preferred term Pregnant People
Entry term(s) Pregnant Person
Pregnant Woman - Narrower
Concept UI M000768084
Preferred term Pregnant Woman
Entry term(s) Pregnant Women
Woman, Pregnant
Women, Pregnant



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