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MeSH Heading: Spondylitis
Tree Number(s): C01.160.762; C05.116.165.762; C05.116.900.853
Unique ID: D013166
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013166
Annotation: coordinate with specific vertebra; do not confuse with SPONDYLOSIS or SPONDYLOLYSIS
Scope Note: Inflammation of the SPINE. This includes both arthritic and non-arthritic conditions.
NLM Classification #: WE 727
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

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)

Spondylitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025