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Descriptor English: Human Coprophagia
Descriptor Spanish: Coprofagia en Humanos
Descriptor coprofagia humana
Entry term(s) cecotrofia humana
Scope note: Conducta humana infrecuente y aberrante que implica el consumo de excrementos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Coprofagia Humana
Descriptor French: Coprophagie humaine
Entry term(s): Cecotrophy, Human
Coprophagia, Human
Coprophagies, Human
Coprophagy, Human
Human Cecotrophy
Human Coprophagies
Human Coprophagy
Tree number(s): F01.145.126.900
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064106
Scope note: A rare aberrant human behavior involving consumption of excrement.
Annotation: COPROPHAGIA is available for animals
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Coprophagia (1970-2013)
Feces (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 2014(2013)
History Note: 2014(2013)
DeCS ID: 55377
Unique ID: D064106
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Human Coprophagia - Preferred
Concept UI M0005156
Scope note A rare aberrant human behavior involving consumption of excrement.
Preferred term Human Coprophagia
Entry term(s) Coprophagia, Human
Coprophagies, Human
Coprophagy, Human
Human Coprophagies
Human Coprophagy
Human Cecotrophy - Narrower
Concept UI M000733039
Preferred term Human Cecotrophy
Entry term(s) Cecotrophy, Human



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