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MeSH Heading: Bursitis
Tree Number(s): C05.550.251
Unique ID: D002062
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002062
Annotation: coordinate with specific joint
Scope Note: Inflammation or irritation of a SYNOVIAL BURSA, the fibrous sac that acts as a cushion between moving structures of bones, muscles, tendons or skin.
Entry Term(s): Adhesive Capsulitis; Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder; Capsulitis; Capsulitis, Adhesive; Frozen Shoulder; Pes Anserine Bursitis; Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis
NLM Classification #: WE 400
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2019/02/22

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)

Bursitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2026