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MeSH Heading: Snake Bites
Tree Number(s): C25.723.127.442; C26.176.724
Unique ID: D012909
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012909
Annotation: Coordinate IM with specific snake family or genus (IM); therapy with antivenins is /‌ther, not /‌drug ther
Scope Note: Bites by snakes. Bite by a venomous snake is characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous)
Entry Term(s): Envenomation, Snakebite; Snake Envenoming; Snakebites
NLM Classification #: WO 830
See Also: Antivenins; Snake Venoms
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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)

Concept UI: M0019987
Scope Note: Bites by snakes. Bite by a venomous snake is characterized by stinging pain at the wound puncture. The venom injected at the site of the bite is capable of producing a deleterious effect on the blood or on the nervous system. (Webster's 3d ed; from Dorland, 27th ed, at snake, venomous)
Terms: Snake Bites Preferred Term
Term UI T038032
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Envenomation, Snakebite
Term UI T001006414
Date01/29/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Snakebites
Term UI T747718
Date03/17/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Snake Envenoming
Term UI T001006618
Date01/31/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Snake Bites MeSH Descriptor Data 2023