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Journée mondiale du sepsis
(en anglais) Sepsis is a complication that arises when the human body mounts an indiscriminate, and overt, response to an…
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Suggestions d’utilisateurs pour le vocabulaire DeCS (en anglais)
User suggestions for DeCS terms are often analyzed for literary warrant and other criteria, such as avoiding expressions with more…
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UMLS (en anglais)
Since 2003, updates to the translations of MeSH Headings into Portuguese (MSHPOR) and Spanish (MSHSPA) have been sent annually to…
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Semaine mondiale de l’allaitement
(en anglais) World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated every year from 1 to 7 of August, is a global campaign coordinated by the World…
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Coordination descripteur/qualificatif (en anglais)
Coordination is a fundamental principle of MeSH indexing. By proper coordination of a limited number of MeSH headings and appropriate…
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Journées mondiales contre l’hépatite (en anglais)
Hepatitis is a disease caused by viruses, responsible for high levels of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Recognizing the important public…
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Qualificatifs et leurs abréviations
qualificatifs en ANGLAIS qualificatifs en SPAGNOL qualificatifs en FRANÇAIS abrev.1 abrev.2 analogs & derivatives análogos & derivados analogues et dérivés…
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Actualités de la catégorie B pour l’édition 2024
Some common names of living beings were replaced by their scientific latin binomial nomenclature. For example: The new term Venomous…
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Journée mondiale du donneur de sang (en anglais)
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated around the world on June 14th as a thank to all voluntary donors.The occasion…
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Langage inclusif (en anglais)
For DeCS 2024 edition, descriptors in Portuguese containing terms with an ableist bias were reviewed. Additionally, terms on this subject…