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MeSH Heading: Drug Elimination Routes
Tree Number(s): G03.787.297; G07.690.725.297
Unique ID: D000084342
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000084342
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific drug /‌pharmacokin
Scope Note: Various processes through which administered drugs are discharged from the body.
Entry Term(s): Drug Clearance; Drug Clearance Routes; Drug Elimination; Drug Excretion; Drug Excretion Routes
Previous Indexing: Pharmaceutical Preparations/metabolism (1968-2020); Pharmacokinetics (1964-2020)
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/07/23

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M000681757
Scope Note: Various processes through which administered drugs are discharged from the body.
Terms: Drug Elimination Routes Preferred Term
Term UI T001008196
Date02/21/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Drug Elimination
Term UI T001009076
Date03/03/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Drug Clearance Routes
Term UI T001008956
Date02/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Drug Clearance
Term UI T001009116
Date03/03/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Drug Elimination Routes MeSH Descriptor Data 2025