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MeSH Heading: Osteoarthritis, Spine
Tree Number(s): C05.116.900.853.625.399; C05.550.114.606.750; C05.550.114.865.399; C05.799.613.750
Unique ID: D055013
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055013
Annotation: coordinate with specific vertebra
Scope Note: A degenerative joint disease involving the SPINE. It is characterized by progressive deterioration of the spinal articular cartilage (CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR), usually with hardening of the subchondral bone and outgrowth of bone spurs (OSTEOPHYTE).
Entry Term(s): Lumbar Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis of Spine; Osteoarthritis of the Spine; Osteoarthritis, Lumbar; Spinal Osteoarthritis; Spine Osteoarthritis
Previous Indexing: Osteoarthritis (1963-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/02/22

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: M0512534
Scope Note: A degenerative joint disease involving the SPINE. It is characterized by progressive deterioration of the spinal articular cartilage (CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR), usually with hardening of the subchondral bone and outgrowth of bone spurs (OSTEOPHYTE).
Terms: Osteoarthritis, Spine Preferred Term
Term UI T704064
Date08/16/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Osteoarthritis of the Spine
Term UI T000950728
Date01/24/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Osteoarthritis of Spine
Term UI T000950729
Date01/24/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Spinal Osteoarthritis
Term UI T704065
Date08/16/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Spine Osteoarthritis
Term UI T704066
Date08/16/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009)

Osteoarthritis, Spine MeSH Descriptor Data 2025