Medical Subject Headings

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Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D019016
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Preferred Name

Mineral Fibers
Definitions
Long, pliable, cohesive natural or manufactured filaments of various lengths. They form the structure of some minerals. The medical significance lies in their potential ability to cause various types of PNEUMOCONIOSIS (e.g., ASBESTOSIS) after occupational or environmental exposure. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p708)
Synonyms
Vitreous Fibers, Synthetic
Fibers, Mineral
Fiber, Mineral
Synthetic Vitreous Fibers
Fibers, Synthetic Vitreous
Mineral Fiber
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

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definition

Long, pliable, cohesive natural or manufactured filaments of various lengths. They form the structure of some minerals. The medical significance lies in their potential ability to cause various types of PNEUMOCONIOSIS (e.g., ASBESTOSIS) after occupational or environmental exposure. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p708)
altLabel
Vitreous Fibers, Synthetic
Fibers, Mineral
Fiber, Mineral
Synthetic Vitreous Fibers
Fibers, Synthetic Vitreous
Mineral Fiber
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prefLabel
Mineral Fibers
Machine permutation
96
HN
96
Mapped from
type
tui
T197
TERMUI
T056748
T000906538
T056749
TH
NLM (1996)
NLM (2018)
MMR
20170224
notation
D019016
Inverse of RO
Semantic type UMLS property
Inverse of AQ
FX
D011009
DX
19960101
cui
C0282591
C4505472
DC
1
MN
D01.578.500
AN
IM general or unspecified only; coordinate NIM with specific mineral or material (IM), as asbestos fibers = MINERAL FIBERS (NIM) + ASBESTOS (IM); not for textile fibers ( = TEXTILES or specific textile such as COTTON FIBER; WOOL; or NYLON)
AQL
AE AN CL EC HI MI PO PS RE SD SN ST TO VI
Inverse of RB
0
MDA
19990101
subClassOf
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