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MeSH Heading: Ulcer
Tree Number(s): C23.550.891
Unique ID: D014456
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014456
Annotation: coord IM with organ/dis precoord (IM) but note specific precoord ulcer terms; RODENT ULCER see Basal Cell Carcinoma is available; stress ulcer: index under PEPTIC ULCER or specific (IM) + STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL or STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL (IM)
Scope Note: A lesion on the surface of the skin or a mucous surface, produced by the sloughing of inflammatory necrotic tissue.
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

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)

Ulcer MeSH Descriptor Data 2026