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Descriptor English: Literature
Descriptor Spanish: Literatura
Descriptor literatura
Entry term(s) letras
Scope note: Escritos que muestran excelencia en su forma o expresión, que expresan ideas de interés permanente o universal. Conjunto de trabajos escritos producidos en un determinado lenguaje, país o época. (Traducción libre del original: Webster, 3d ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Literatura
Descriptor French: Littérature
Entry term(s): Literatures
Tree number(s): K01.517
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008091
Scope note: Writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest. The body of written works produced in a particular language, country, or age. (Webster, 3d ed)
Annotation: the body of literary works; TN 121: differentiate from BIBLIOGRAPHY; relation to BOOKS: Manual 33.11
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
Related: Medicine in Literature MeSH
DeCS ID: 8264
Unique ID: D008091
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: 1999/11/03
Literature - Preferred
Concept UI M0012619
Scope note Writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest. The body of written works produced in a particular language, country, or age. (Webster, 3d ed)
Preferred term Literature
Entry term(s) Literatures



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