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Descriptor English: Laughter
Descriptor Spanish: Risa
Descriptor risa
Scope note: Expresión involuntaria de alegría y placer, que incluye respuestas motoras típicas y vocalización inarticulada.
Descriptor Portuguese: Riso
Descriptor French: Rire
Tree number(s): F01.145.209.530.614
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007845
Scope note: An involuntary expression of merriment and pleasure; it includes the patterned motor responses as well as the inarticulate vocalization.
Allowable Qualifiers: PH physiology
PX psychology
Entry Combination: therapeutic use:Laughter Therapy
Related: Laughter Therapy MeSH
Wit and Humor as Topic MeSH
DeCS ID: 8024
Unique ID: D007845
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Laughter - Preferred
Concept UI M0012259
Scope note An involuntary expression of merriment and pleasure; it includes the patterned motor responses as well as the inarticulate vocalization.
Preferred term Laughter



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