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Disease MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Disease
Tree Number(s)
C23.550.288
Unique ID
D004194
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004194
Annotation
general only as a physiological, pathological, philosophical concept, opposite "health"; Manual 23.5+; / econ permitted but consider also economic aspects of disease as ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; / psychol permitted but consider also psychogenic origin of disease as PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS
Scope Note
A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown.
Entry Version
DIS
Entry Combination
diagnosis:Diagnosis
diet therapy:Diet Therapy
drug therapy:Drug Therapy
epidemiology:Epidemiology
immunology:Immunity
mortality:Mortality
nursing:Nursing Care
pathology:Pathology
prevention & control:Preventive Medicine
radiotherapy:Radiotherapy
rehabilitation:Rehabilitation
therapy:Therapeutics
transmission:Disease Transmission, Infectious
veterinary:Animal Diseases
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2013/07/09
Disease Preferred
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