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Descriptor English: Ostrea
Descriptor Spanish: Ostrea
Descriptor Ostrea
Scope note: Género de ostras de la familia OSTREIDAE, que incluye las ostras verdaderamente comestibles, Ostrea edulis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ostrea
Descriptor French: Ostrea
Entry term(s): Ostrea eduli
Ostrea edulis
Ostreas
Oyster, True
Oysters, True
True Oyster
True Oysters
eduli, Ostrea
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.644.080.643.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049895
Scope note: A genus of oysters in the family OSTREIDAE, which includes the edible true oyster, Ostrea edulis.
Annotation: as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM); index oysters unspecified at OYSTERS see OSTREIDAE
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Oysters (1972-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 50416
Unique ID: D049895
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Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Ostrea - Preferred
Concept UI M0470823
Scope note A genus of oysters in the family OSTREIDAE, which includes the edible true oyster, Ostrea edulis.
Preferred term Ostrea
Entry term(s) Ostreas
Ostrea edulis - Narrower
Concept UI M0470824
Preferred term Ostrea edulis
Entry term(s) Ostrea eduli
Oyster, True
Oysters, True
True Oyster
True Oysters
eduli, Ostrea



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