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Descriptor English: Echolocation
Descriptor Spanish: Ecolocación
Descriptor ecolocación
Entry term(s) ecolocalización
Scope note: Mecanismo de orientación auditiva basado en la emisión de sonidos de alta frecuencia que retornan, reflejados, al emisor (animal).
Descriptor Portuguese: Ecolocação
Descriptor French: Écholocalisation
Entry term(s): Echolocations
Tree number(s): F01.145.113.055.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004455
Scope note: An auditory orientation mechanism involving the emission of high frequency sounds which are reflected back to the emitter (animal).
Annotation: animal only; for human consider SOUND LOCALIZATION
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
ES ethics
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Auditory Perception (1967-1971)
Orientation (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ORIENTATION 1972-90
History Note: 91(72); was see under ORIENTATION 1972-90
DeCS ID: 4521
Unique ID: D004455
NLM Classification: QL 782.5
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/13
Echolocation - Preferred
Concept UI M0006979
Scope note An auditory orientation mechanism involving the emission of high frequency sounds which are reflected back to the emitter (animal).
Preferred term Echolocation
Entry term(s) Echolocations



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