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MeSH Heading: Appendicitis
Tree Number(s): C01.463.099; C06.405.205.099; C06.405.469.110.207
Unique ID: D001064
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001064
Scope Note: Acute inflammation of the APPENDIX. Acute appendicitis is classified as simple, gangrenous, or perforated.
Entry Term(s): Perforated Appendicitis; Ruptured Appendicitis
NLM Classification #: WI 535
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Appendicitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025