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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 Envenomation; Snake Envenoming; Snakebite Envenoming; Snakebites
NLM Classification #: WO 830
See Also: Antivenins; Snake Venoms
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/04/05

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: M000763107
Terms: Snakebite Envenoming Preferred Term
Term UI T001133748
Date03/01/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Snake Envenoming
Term UI T001006618
Date01/31/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Envenomation, Snakebite
Term UI T001006414
Date01/29/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Snake Envenomation
Term UI T001134747
Date03/10/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024)

Snake Bites MeSH Descriptor Data 2025