National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Gagging
Synonyms

Gagging

Definitions

The sudden, coordinated, involuntary contraction of pharyngeal muscles in an attempt to prevent any matter from passing into the posterior pharynx; it is stimulated by touching the posterior palate, tongue, or pharynx, or by psychic stimuli.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C34630

ALT_DEFINITION

The sudden, coordinated, involuntary contraction of pharyngeal muscles in an attempt to prevent any matter from passing into the posterior pharynx; it is stimulated by touching the posterior palate, tongue, or pharynx, or by psychic stimuli.

code

C34630

Concept_In_Subset

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

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

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

Contributing_Source

MedDRA

NICHD

DEFINITION

The sudden, coordinated, involuntary contraction of pharyngeal muscles in an attempt to prevent any matter from passing into the posterior pharynx; it is stimulated by touching the posterior palate, tongue, or pharynx, or by psychic stimuli.

FULL_SYN

Gagging

label

Gagging

Legacy Concept Name

Gagging

Maps_To

Gagging

Preferred_Name

Gagging

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C34630

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C0016927

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3368

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