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Descriptor English: Adiposity
Descriptor Spanish: Adiposidad
Descriptor adiposidad
Scope note: Cantidad de grasa o lípidos depositados en una zona u órgano, indicativos del grado de obesidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Adiposidade
Descriptor French: Adiposité
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.115.100.062.500
G02.111.130.134.500
G03.180.134.500
G07.100.049.134.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050154
Scope note: The amount of fat or lipid deposit at a site or an organ in the body, an indicator of body fat status.
Annotation: index body fat at ADIPOSE TISSUE
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
EH ethnology
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Obesity (1965-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 51214
Unique ID: D050154
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2016/05/02
Adiposity - Preferred
Concept UI M0472891
Scope note The amount of fat or lipid deposit at a site or an organ in the body, an indicator of body fat status.
Preferred term Adiposity



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