Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018875
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018875
Preferred Name

Vocabulary, Controlled
Definitions
A specified list of terms with a fixed and unalterable meaning, and from which a selection is made when CATALOGING; ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; or searching BOOKS; JOURNALS AS TOPIC; and other documents. The control is intended to avoid the scattering of related subjects under different headings (SUBJECT HEADINGS). The list may be altered or extended only by the publisher or issuing agency. (From Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed, p163)
Synonyms
Thesaurus
Controlled Thesaurus
Controlled Vocabulary
Controlled Vocabularies
Thesauri, Controlled
Thesauri
Vocabularies, Controlled
Thesaurus, Controlled
Controlled Thesauri
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

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definition

A specified list of terms with a fixed and unalterable meaning, and from which a selection is made when CATALOGING; ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; or searching BOOKS; JOURNALS AS TOPIC; and other documents. The control is intended to avoid the scattering of related subjects under different headings (SUBJECT HEADINGS). The list may be altered or extended only by the publisher or issuing agency. (From Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed, p163)
altLabel
Thesaurus
Controlled Thesaurus
Controlled Vocabulary
Controlled Vocabularies
Thesauri, Controlled
Thesauri
Vocabularies, Controlled
Thesaurus, Controlled
Controlled Thesauri
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prefLabel
Vocabulary, Controlled
Machine permutation
96
HN
96
type
tui
T170
TERMUI
T056255
T056253
T056250
T056254
T056252
T056251
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TH
NLM (1996)
POPLINE (1986)
MMR
20220712
notation
D018875
Semantic type UMLS property
Inverse of AQ
DX
19960101
cui
C0242476
C0282503
C0282502
DC
1
MN
L01.462.750.245.945
AQL
HI
MDA
19990101
subClassOf
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