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MeSH Heading: Skin
Tree Number(s): A17.815
Unique ID: D012867
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012867
Annotation: for animal tissue in wound ther see note on BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; inflammation = DERMATITIS & its specifics; dryness of skin: index under SKIN DISEASES & do not interpret as XERODERMA see ICHTHYOSIS without clues from text
Scope Note: The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
See Also: Dermatologic Agents; Keratinocytes; Skin Manifestations
Consider Also: consider also terms at CUTANEOUS, CUTIS, and DERMAT-
Public MeSH Note: /transplantation was SKIN TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was SKIN/transplantation 1966-89
History Note: /transplantation was SKIN TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was SKIN/transplantation 1966-89
Entry Combination: abnormalities:Skin Abnormalities; physiology:Skin Physiological Phenomena; surgery:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; transplantation:Skin Transplantation
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Entry Combination: abnormalities:Skin Abnormalities; physiology:Skin Physiological Phenomena; surgery:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; transplantation:Skin Transplantation
Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Skin MeSH Descriptor Data 2025