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Descriptor English: Milk
Descriptor Spanish: Leche
Descriptor leche
Entry term(s) leche de vaca
Scope note: Líquido blanquecino segregado por las glándulas mamarias del ser humano y de otros mamíferos. Contiene proteínas, azúcar, lípidos, vitaminas y minerales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Leite
Descriptor French: Lait
Tree number(s): A12.200.455
A12.790
G07.203.100.700
G07.203.300.350.525
J02.200.700
J02.500.350.525
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008892
Scope note: The off-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of humans and other mammals. It contains proteins, sugar, lipids, vitamins, and minerals.
Annotation: assume to be cow's milk & do not coordinate with CATTLE; coordinate with other animal source (NIM); MILK SECRETION see LACTATION is also available; /‌adv ‌eff; consider also MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY
Allowable Qualifiers: AE effets indésirables
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EC économie
EN enzymologie
HI histoire
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PO intoxication
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SD ressources et distribution
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TO toxicité
VI virologie
Related: Lactation MeSH
DeCS ID: 38420
Unique ID: D008892
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/02/21
Lait - Preferred
Concept UI M0013885
Preferred term Lait



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