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MeSH Heading: Biological Science Disciplines
Tree Number(s): H01.158
Unique ID: D001690
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001690
Annotation: BIOLOGY is also available
Scope Note: All of the divisions of the natural sciences dealing with the various aspects of the phenomena of life and vital processes. The concept includes anatomy and physiology, biochemistry and biophysics, and the biology of animals, plants, and microorganisms. It should be differentiated from BIOLOGY, one of its subdivisions, concerned specifically with the origin and life processes of living organisms.
Entry Term(s): Biologic Sciences; Biological Science; Biological Sciences; Life Sciences; Science, Biological; Sciences, Biological
Previous Indexing: Biology (1975-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 1991-2008; for BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES see BIOLOGY 1990
History Note: 2009 (1991); use BIOLOGY 1975-1990
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0002535
Scope Note: All of the divisions of the natural sciences dealing with the various aspects of the phenomena of life and vital processes. The concept includes anatomy and physiology, biochemistry and biophysics, and the biology of animals, plants, and microorganisms. It should be differentiated from BIOLOGY, one of its subdivisions, concerned specifically with the origin and life processes of living organisms.
Terms: Biological Science Disciplines Preferred Term
Term UI T721399
Date06/20/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Biologic Sciences
Term UI T004913
Date06/26/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Biological Science
Term UI T004908
Date04/17/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Biological Sciences
Term UI T004911
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1974); Life Sciences
Term UI T004912
Date04/17/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Science, Biological
Term UI T004909
Date04/17/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Sciences, Biological
Term UI T004910
Date04/17/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991)

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