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Radiation MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Radiation
Tree Number(s)
G01.750
Unique ID
D011827
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011827
Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; harmful effects of radiation = RADIATION INJURIES or specifics; diagnostic use of radiation: consider RADIOGRAPHY or RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING
Scope Note
Emission or propagation of acoustic waves (SOUND), ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY waves (such as LIGHT; RADIO WAVES; GAMMA RAYS; or X-RAYS), or a stream of subatomic particles (such as ELECTRONS; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; or ALPHA PARTICLES).
Entry Version
RAD
See Also
Nuclear Warfare
Radioactivity
Public MeSH Note
RADIATION IMMUNOLOGY was heading 1964-66
Online Note
search RADIATION IMMUNOLOGY under RADIATION EFFECTS 1966
History Note
RADIATION IMMUNOLOGY was heading 1964-66
Entry Combination
therapeutic use:Radiotherapy
Date Introduced
1960/01/01
Last Updated
2015/06/05
Entry Combination
therapeutic use:Radiotherapy

Allowable Qualifiers
Radiation Preferred
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