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Descriptor English: Intestine, Large
Descriptor Spanish: Intestino Grueso
Descriptor intestino grueso
Scope note: Segmento del tubo digestivo que comprende el ciego, apéndice, colon ascendente, transverso y descendente y el recto. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.709)
Descriptor Portuguese: Intestino Grosso
Descriptor French: Gros intestin
Entry term(s): Large Intestine
Tree number(s): A03.556.124.526
A03.556.249.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007420
Scope note: A segment of the LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT that includes the CECUM; the COLON; and the RECTUM.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; inflammation: coordinate with GASTROENTERITIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS was heading 1963-67
Online Note: search INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS under INTESTINES 1966-67
History Note: INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS was heading 1963-67
DeCS ID: 7583
Unique ID: D007420
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Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Intestine, Large - Preferred
Concept UI M0011584
Scope note A segment of the LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT that includes the CECUM; the COLON; and the RECTUM.
Preferred term Intestine, Large
Entry term(s) Large Intestine



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