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MeSH Heading: Pregnancy, Multiple
Tree Number(s): G08.686.784.769.545
Unique ID: D011272
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011272
Annotation: human & animal; in reference to animals, do not use PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE for animals naturally having litters; consider LITTER SIZE; not for "heterotopic pregnancy": see note at PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY
Scope Note: The condition of carrying two or more FETUSES simultaneously.
Entry Version: PREGN MULTIPLE
Entry Term(s): Multiple Pregnancy
NLM Classification #: WQ 235
See Also: Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/05/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

drug effects (DE)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

radiation effects (RE)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

urine (UR)

Pregnancy, Multiple MeSH Descriptor Data 2025