Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: March 22, 2026

Id	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008506 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008506
Preferred Name	Medical Waste
Definitions	Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures.
Synonyms	Waste, Pathological Wastes, Pathological Pathological Wastes Medical Wastes Wastes, Medical Pathological Waste Waste, Medical
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

definition	Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures.
altLabel	Waste, Pathological Wastes, Pathological Pathological Wastes Medical Wastes Wastes, Medical Pathological Waste Waste, Medical See more See less
prefLabel	Medical Waste
Machine permutation	91; was see under WASTE PRODUCTS 1978-90
HN	91(78); was see under WASTE PRODUCTS 1978-90
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
tui	T031
TERMUI	T025303 T025304 T025305 T025306
TH	NLM (1991) NLM (1978) UNK (19XX)
MMR	20080708
notation	D008506
Inverse of RO	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D017848
Semantic type UMLS property	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T031
Inverse of AQ	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000331 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000517 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000706 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000009 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000941 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000032 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145 See more See less
FX	D017848
DX	19910101
cui	C0025111 C0030663
DC	1
MN	D20.944.460 N06.850.460.710.460
AN	DENTAL WASTE is also available
AQL	AE AN CL EC ES HI LJ PC SN
Inverse of RB	0
MDA	19990101
subClassOf	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014866

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