National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Desquamation

Synonyms

Desquamation

EXFOLIATION

Definitions

Shedding of the outer layer of skin or mucosal tissue.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C111657

ALT_DEFINITION

Mild, superficial peeling or shedding of skin.

Shedding or sloughing of cells from an epithelial surface, including skin, mucosa and testis.

Peeling of the skin that typically starts at the tips of the fingers/toes.

code

C111657

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C120531

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C167409

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C189762

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118464

Contributing_Source

ACC/AHA

CDISC

MedDRA

NICHD

DEFINITION

Shedding of the outer layer of skin or mucosal tissue.

FULL_SYN

Desquamation

EXFOLIATION

label

Desquamation

Maps_To

Desquamation

Preferred_Name

Desquamation

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C111657

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C0237849

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C5036

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