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MeSH Heading: Feces
Tree Number(s): A12.459
Unique ID: D005243
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005243
Annotation: /parasitol: often coord with PARASITE EGG COUNT; consider also DEFECATION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FECAL IMPACTION & FECAL INCONTINENCE; fecalith: index FECAL IMPACTION; fecal blood: index under OCCULT BLOOD & not also here
Scope Note: Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
See Also: Manure; Melena
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/25

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

enzymology (EN)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

virology (VI)

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