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Descriptor English: Nymph
Descriptor Spanish: Ninfa
Descriptor ninfa
Scope note: Estadio inmaduro en el ciclo vital de las órdenes de insectos caracterizados por metamorfosis gradual, en el que el joven se asemeja al imago en la forma general del cuerpo, que incluyen unos ojos compuestos y alas externas; también el estadio de 8 patas de los ácaros y garrapatas que sigue a la primera muda.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ninfa
Descriptor French: Nymphe
Tree number(s): B05.500.650
G07.345.500.550.500.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009758
Scope note: The immature stage in the life cycle of those orders of insects characterized by gradual metamorphosis, in which the young resemble the imago in general form of body, including compound eyes and external wings; also the 8-legged stage of mites and ticks that follows the first moult.
Annotation: do not use /embryol with reference to nymph
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: specific arachnid (1973-1991)
specific insect (1973-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under INSECTS 1973-90
History Note: 91(73); was see under INSECTS 1973-90
DeCS ID: 9942
Unique ID: D009758
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/07
Nymph - Preferred
Concept UI M0015137
Scope note The immature stage in the life cycle of those orders of insects characterized by gradual metamorphosis, in which the young resemble the imago in general form of body, including compound eyes and external wings; also the 8-legged stage of mites and ticks that follows the first moult.
Preferred term Nymph



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