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Descriptor English: Larva
Descriptor Spanish: Larva
Descriptor larva
Entry term(s) cresas
gusanos
orugas
renacuajos
Scope note: Estadio de desarrollo en el que los seres presentan forma similar a un gusano o lombriz, que sigue a la del huevo en el ciclo de vida de los insectos, lombrices y otros animales que sufren metamorfosis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Larva
Descriptor French: Larve
Entry term(s): Larvae
Maggot
Maggots
Tadpole
Tadpoles
Tree number(s): B05.500.500
G07.345.500.550.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007814
Scope note: Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.
Annotation: only for metamorphosing animals; do not use /embryol with reference to larvae; maggot is the larval form of a fly
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Insects (1966-1969)
Metamorphosis, Biological (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(70)
Related: Imaginal Discs MeSH
DeCS ID: 7992
Unique ID: D007814
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Larva - Preferred
Concept UI M0012219
Scope note Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.
Preferred term Larva
Entry term(s) Larvae
Maggots - Narrower
Concept UI M0012218
Preferred term Maggots
Entry term(s) Maggot
Tadpole - Narrower
Concept UI M0012220
Preferred term Tadpole
Entry term(s) Tadpoles



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