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Descriptor English: Medical Illustration
Descriptor Spanish: Ilustración Médica
Descriptor ilustración médica
Scope note: Área que se ocupa de la clarificación ilustrativa de conceptos biomédicos, como el uso de diagramas y dibujos. La ilustración puede realizarse manualmente, con fotografías, ordenadores y otros métodos electrónicos o mecánicos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ilustração Médica
Descriptor French: Illustration médicale
Entry term(s): Illustration, Medical
Illustrations, Medical
Medical Illustrations
Tree number(s): H02.385
J01.897.280.500.480
K01.093.410
L01.462.500.820.090.480
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008488
Scope note: The field which deals with illustrative clarification of biomedical concepts, as in the use of diagrams and drawings. The illustration may be produced by hand, photography, computer, or other electronic or mechanical methods.
Annotation: MODELS, ANATOMIC is also available; anatomical atlases go here (IM) + ANATOMY, ARTISTIC (IM) if general; if specific coord IM with specific subject illustrated (IM) + illus medium (IM or NIM)
Allowable Qualifiers: ED education
HI history
Entry Version: MED ILLUSTRATION
DeCS ID: 8658
Unique ID: D008488
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: 2008/07/08
Medical Illustration - Preferred
Concept UI M0013210
Scope note The field which deals with illustrative clarification of biomedical concepts, as in the use of diagrams and drawings. The illustration may be produced by hand, photography, computer, or other electronic or mechanical methods.
Preferred term Medical Illustration
Entry term(s) Illustration, Medical
Illustrations, Medical
Medical Illustrations



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