DeCS

Descriptor English:

Insecta

Descriptor Spanish:

Insectos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	insectos
Entry term(s)	Insecta insecto
Scope note:	Miembros del filo ARTHROPODA, constituido por organismos caracterizados por estar divididos en tres partes: cabeza, tórax y abdomen. Son el grupo de animales dominante en la tierra y consta de varios cientos de miles de clases diferentes. Hay tres órdenes que tienen interés médico porque causan enfermedades en el hombre y en los animales: HEMIPTERA, DIPTERA y SIPHONAPTERA, por su capacidad para causar enfermedades en los seres humanos y los animales. (Traducción libre del original: Borror et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p1).

Descriptor Portuguese:

Insetos

Descriptor French:

Insectes

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.131.617

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007313

Scope note:

Members of the phylum ARTHROPODA composed or organisms characterized by division into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. They are the dominant group of animals on earth with several hundred thousand different kinds. Three orders, HEMIPTERA; DIPTERA; and SIPHONAPTERA; are of medical interest in that they cause disease in humans and animals. (From Borror et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p1).

Annotation:

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; for killing insects with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

7487

Unique ID:

D007313

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2017/07/11