| Descriptor English: | Feces | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Heces
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Fezes | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Fèces | ||||||
| Tree number(s): |
A12.459 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005243 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. |
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| Annotation: | /parasitol: often coord with PARASITE EGG COUNT; consider also DEFECATION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FECAL IMPACTION & FECAL INCONTINENCE; fecalith: index FECAL IMPACTION; fecal blood: index under OCCULT BLOOD & not also here |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CH chemistry CY cytology EN enzymology MI microbiology PS parasitology VI virology |
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| Related: |
Manure
MeSH Melena MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 5346 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D005243 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2003/07/25 |
Feces
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0008282 |
| Scope note | Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. |
| Preferred term | Feces |
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