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Reproductive Medicine MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Reproductive Medicine
Tree Number(s)
H02.403.763
Unique ID
D018456
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018456
Annotation
use for the specialty only; use REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH for the state of the reproductive system
Scope Note
A medical-surgical specialty concerned with the morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of reproduction in man and other animals, and on the biological, medical, and veterinary problems of fertility and lactation. It includes ovulation induction, diagnosis of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss, and assisted reproductive technologies such as embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization, and intrafallopian transfer of zygotes. (From Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America, Foreword 1990; Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, Notice to Contributors, Jan 1979)
Entry Version
REPRODUCTIVE MED
Entry Term(s)
Medicine, Reproductive
See Also
Reproductive Health
Reproductive Techniques
Public MeSH Note
95
History Note
95
Date Introduced
1995/01/01
Last Updated
2011/06/24
Reproductive Medicine Preferred
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