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Descriptor English: Mouth Breathing
Descriptor Spanish: Respiración por la Boca
Descriptor respiración bucal
Entry term(s) respiración por la boca
Scope note: Respiración anormal a través de la boca, generalmente asociada con trastornos obstructivos de la vía nasal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Respiração Bucal
Descriptor French: Respiration par la bouche
Entry term(s): Breathing, Mouth
Breathings, Mouth
Mouth Breathings
Tree number(s): C08.618.659
C23.888.852.761
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009058
Scope note: Abnormal breathing through the mouth, usually associated with obstructive disorders of the nasal passages.
Annotation: note category: use all pertinent qualif
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Respiration (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(68)
DeCS ID: 9251
Unique ID: D009058
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Mouth Breathing - Preferred
Concept UI M0014129
Scope note Abnormal breathing through the mouth, usually associated with obstructive disorders of the nasal passages.
Preferred term Mouth Breathing
Entry term(s) Breathing, Mouth
Breathings, Mouth
Mouth Breathings



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