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Descriptor English: Estivation
Descriptor Spanish: Estivación
Descriptor estivación
Entry term(s) letargo estival
Scope note: En ciertas especies vivas, un periodo de vida latente durante los meses del verano caracterizado por disminución del metabolismo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Estivação
Descriptor French: Estivation
Entry term(s): Aestivation
Tree number(s): G07.110.232.889.249
G07.410.421.889.249
G16.012.500.535.889.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004956
Scope note: In certain living species, a period of dormancy during the summer months marked by decreased metabolism.
Annotation: animal only; winter dormancy = HIBERNATION
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL 1966-90
History Note: 91(66); was see under ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL 1966-90
DeCS ID: 5047
Unique ID: D004956
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Estivation - Preferred
Concept UI M0007770
Scope note In certain living species, a period of dormancy during the summer months marked by decreased metabolism.
Preferred term Estivation
Entry term(s) Aestivation



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