MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Nevus
Tree Number(s): C04.557.665.560
Unique ID: D009506
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009506
Annotation: coordinate IM with SKIN NEOPLASMS (IM) + site (IM or NIM) if relevant; general; note many specific nevus terms
Scope Note: A circumscribed stable malformation of the skin and occasionally of the oral mucosa, which is not due to external causes and therefore presumed to be of hereditary origin.
Entry Term(s): Mole, Skin; Moles, Skin; Nevi; Skin Mole; Skin Moles
NLM Classification #: WR 500
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

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)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014786
Scope Note: A circumscribed stable malformation of the skin and occasionally of the oral mucosa, which is not due to external causes and therefore presumed to be of hereditary origin.
Terms: Nevus Preferred Term
Term UI T028327
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Mole, Skin
Term UI T662305
Date12/15/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Moles, Skin
Term UI T723643
Date08/06/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Nevi
Term UI T028326
Date04/01/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Skin Mole
Term UI T665157
Date01/26/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Skin Moles
Term UI T723642
Date08/06/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010)

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