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MeSH Heading: Rectal Diseases
Tree Number(s): C06.405.469.860
Unique ID: D012002
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012002
Annotation: inflammatory disease = PROCTITIS
Scope Note: Pathological developments in the RECTUM region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE).
Entry Version: RECTAL DIS
Entry Term(s): Anorectal Diseases; Anorectal Disorders; Rectal Disorders
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2016/07/06

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)

Rectal Diseases MeSH Descriptor Data 2026