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Descriptor English: Liniments
Descriptor Spanish: Linimentos
Descriptor linimentos
Scope note: Líquidos que generan calor, son más finos que los ungüentos y se aplican a la piel por medio de fricciones. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Linimentos
Descriptor French: Liniments
Tree number(s): D26.255.480
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008038
Scope note: Heat-generating liquids that are thinner than ointments and are applied to the skin with friction. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Annotation: IM for general only, qualif permitted; NIM (no qualif) with specific drug IM (with qualif); /adv eff permitted but be careful: it may be the adv eff of the drug in liniment form, not the liniment
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
DeCS ID: 8213
Unique ID: D008038
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Liniments - Preferred
Concept UI M0012528
Scope note Heat-generating liquids that are thinner than ointments and are applied to the skin with friction. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Preferred term Liniments



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