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Gastrointestinal Transit MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Gastrointestinal Transit
Tree Number(s)
E01.370.372.310
G10.261.360.525
Unique ID
D005772
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005772
Annotation
transit time also goes here
Scope Note
Passage of food (sometimes in the form of a test meal) through the gastrointestinal tract as measured in minutes or hours. The rate of passage through the intestine is an indicator of small bowel function.
Entry Version
GI TRANSIT
Entry Term(s)
GI Transit
Previous Indexing
Gastrointestinal Motility (1966-1987)
Gastrointestinal System (1966-1987)
Public MeSH Note
88
History Note
88
Date Established
1988/01/01
Date of Entry
1987/03/13
Revision Date
2019/04/29
Gastrointestinal Transit Preferred
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