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Descriptor English: Cytology
Descriptor Spanish: Citología
Descriptor citología
Entry term(s) citopatología
Scope note: Estudio de una sola célula como unidad de organismos vivos. La citopatología, una rama de esta disciplina, estudia los cambios estructurales de las células en las enfermedades y se utiliza para diagnosticar enfermedades.
Descriptor Portuguese: Citologia
Descriptor French: Cytologie
Entry term(s): Cytopathologies
Cytopathology
Tree number(s): H01.158.273.198
H02.403.650.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000093222
Scope note: The study of single cell as a unit of living organisms. Cytopathology, a branch of this discipline, studies structural changes of cells in diseases and is used in diagnosing diseases.
Annotation: the discipline only (education, history, etc); for cytological structures use the qualifer /cytol with specific anatomical term or organism; for pathological structures use the qualifer /pathol with specific anatomical term
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2023; CYTOLOGY was indexed under CELL BIOLOGY 1984-2022
History Note: 2023 (1984)
DeCS ID: 60169
Unique ID: D000093222
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Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/14
Revision Date: 2022/07/14
Cytology - Preferred
Concept UI M000753342
Scope note The study of single cell as a unit of living organisms. Cytopathology, a branch of this discipline, studies structural changes of cells in diseases and is used in diagnosing diseases.
Preferred term Cytology
Cytopathology - Narrower
Concept UI M000753827
Preferred term Cytopathology
Entry term(s) Cytopathologies



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