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MeSH Heading: Chylous Ascites
Tree Number(s): C06.844.200
Unique ID: D002915
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002915
Scope Note: Presence of milky lymph (CHYLE) in the PERITONEAL CAVITY, with or without infection.
Entry Term(s): Ascites, Chylous; Chyloperitoneum; Chylous Peritonitis; Peritonitis, Chylous
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see CHYLOPERITONEUM 1966-2004
History Note: 2005 (1966)
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

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)

Chylous Ascites MeSH Descriptor Data 2025