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MeSH Heading: Phlebitis
Tree Number(s): C14.907.617.718; C14.907.940.740
Unique ID: D010689
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010689
Annotation: do not coordinate with LEG; THROMBOPHLEBITIS is also available
Scope Note: Inflammation of a vein, often a vein in the leg. Phlebitis associated with a blood clot is called (THROMBOPHLEBITIS).
Entry Term(s): Periphlebitis
Public MeSH Note: PERIPHLEBITIS was heading 1963-83
Online Note: use PHLEBITIS to search PERIPHLEBITIS 1966-83
History Note: PERIPHLEBITIS was heading 1963-83
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

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)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Phlebitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025