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MeSH Heading: Leukoplakia, Oral
Tree Number(s): C04.588.443.591.545; C04.834.512.513; C07.465.530.545; C23.300.816.513
Unique ID: D007972
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007972
Scope Note: A white patch seen on the oral mucosa. It is considered a premalignant condition and is often tobacco-induced. When evidence of Epstein-Barr virus is present, the condition is called hairy leukoplakia (LEUKOPLAKIA, HAIRY).
Entry Term(s): Keratosis, Oral; Leukokeratosis, Oral
NLM Classification #: WU 280
Previous Indexing: Leukoplakia (1966-1969); Mouth Neoplasms (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 1972
History Note: 1972 (1970)
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

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)

secondary (SC)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Leukoplakia, Oral MeSH Descriptor Data 2025