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Descriptor English: Meat
Descriptor Spanish: Carne
Descriptor carne
Scope note: Porciones comestibles de cualquier animal usadas como alimentos, incluidos los ganados bovino, porcino y caprino/ovino, las aves de corral, el pescado, los mariscos y la caza.
Descriptor Portuguese: Carne
Descriptor French: Viande
Entry term(s): Meats
Tree number(s): G07.203.300.600
J02.500.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008460
Scope note: The edible portions of any animal used for food including cattle, swine, goats/sheep, poultry, fish, shellfish, and game.
Annotation: coordinate IM with animal source of meat (NIM), as beef = MEAT (IM) + CATTLE (NIM), pork = MEAT (IM) + SWINE (NIM): canned meat = MEAT (IM) + source (NIM) + FOOD, CANNED see FOOD, PRESERVED (IM); note MEAT PRODUCTS; FISH PRODUCTS & POULTRY PRODUCTS are available: see notes there
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CL classification
EC economics
HI history
MI microbiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TO toxicity
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8629
Unique ID: D008460
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: 2014/10/14
Meat - Preferred
Concept UI M0013155
Scope note The edible portions of any animal used for food including cattle, swine, goats/sheep, poultry, fish, shellfish, and game.
Preferred term Meat
Entry term(s) Meats



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