Subject Descriptors

The subject search uses Mesh Subject Descriptors to find resources. The mesh equivalent term of some common terms is listed below.

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Common Term	MeSH Term
administration routes, drug	drug administration routes
AIDS	acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
allergic reaction	hypersensitivity
allergies	hypersensitivity
allergy	hypersensitivity
allergy, food	food hypersensitivity
allied health professions	allied health occupations
ALS	motor neuron disease
alternative medicine	complementary therapies
alternative therapies	complementary therapies
Alzheimer's disease	alzheimer disease
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	motor neuron disease
anaesthesia	anesthesia
anaesthesiology	anesthesiology
Aspergers syndrome	Asperger syndrome
Asperger's syndrome	Asperger syndrome
audit, medical	medical audit
autism	autistic disorder

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Common Term	MeSH Term
backache	back pain
batten disease	neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
behavioural sciences	behavioral sciences
bibliographic databases	databases bibliographic
birth control	family planning
birth defects	abnormalities
birthmark	port wine stain
blood diseases	hematologic diseases
BME	ethnic groups
body lice	pediculus
booksellers catalogues	catalogs booksellers
breast cancer	breast neoplasms
breastfeeding	breast feeding
Bright disease	glomerulonephritis
british national health service	state medicine
brittle bones	osteogenesis imperfecta

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Common Term	MeSH Term
cadavers	cadaver
cancer	neoplasms
cancer of the breast	breast neoplasms
cancer of the endocrine gland	endocrine gland neoplasms
cancer of the head	head and neck neoplasms
cancer of the head and neck	head and neck neoplasms
cancer of the lung	lung neoplasms
cancer of the mouth	mouth neoplasms
cancer of the neck	head and neck neoplasms
cancer of the oesophagus	esophageal neoplasms
cancer of the prostate	prostatic neoplasms
cancer syndromes, hereditary	neoplastic syndromes hereditary
cancer, breast	breast neoplasms
cancer, endocrine gland	endocrine gland neoplasms
cancer, head	head and neck neoplasms
cancer, head and neck	head and neck neoplasms
cancer, lung	lung neoplasms
cancer, mouth	mouth neoplasms
cancer, neck	head and neck neoplasms
cancer, oesophageal	esophageal neoplasms
cancer, oral	mouth neoplasms
cancer, prostate	prostatic neoplasms
cancer, pulmonary	lung neoplasms
cancer, second primary	neoplasms second primary
car driving	automobile driving
cardiac auscultation	heart auscultation
cardiac diseases	heart diseases
cardiac murmurs	heart murmurs
cardiovascular disease (speciality)	cardiology
care services, home	home care services
caring	home nursing
catalogues	catalogs
catalogues booksellers	catalogs booksellers
catalogues library	catalogs library
catalogues publishers	catalogs publishers
catalogues union	catalogs union
cerebral stroke	cerebrovascular accident
cerebrovascular stroke	cerebrovascular accident
children	child
children's hospitals	hospitals pediatric
chiropody	podiatry
chronic fatigue syndrome	fatigue syndrome chronic
cloning	cloning organism
CNS diseases	central nervous system diseases
complementary medicine	complementary therapies
computer assisted learning	computer assisted instruction
coronary heart disease	coronary disease
coronary occlusion	coronary disease
cot death	sudden infant death
cot deaths	infant mortality
counselling	counseling
Curling's ulcer	duodenal ulcer
CVA	cerebrovascular accident

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Common Term	MeSH Term
day surgery	ambulatory care
day surgery	ambulatory surgical procedures
deaf	hearing impaired persons
deformities	abnormalities
dementia	alzheimer disease
dementia, senile	alzheimer disease
dental legislation	legislation dental
differential diagnosis	diagnosis differential
discrimination	prejudice
doctors	physicians
domiciliary care	home care services
drug abuse	substance related disorders
drug control	drug and narcotic control
drug legislation	legislation drug
drug regulations	drug and narcotic control
drunkenness	alcoholic intoxication

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Common Term	MeSH Term
EBM	evidence-based medicine
ectopic pregnancy	pregnancy ectopic
ekbom syndrome	restless legs syndrome
elderly	aged
elderly, frail	frail elderly
embryo cloning	cloning organism
emergency care	emergency medical services
encephalomyelitis, myalgic	fatigue syndrome chronic
encyclopaedias	encyclopedias
endocrine cancer	endocrine gland neoplasms
endocrine gland cancer	endocrine gland neoplasms
ENT	otolaryngology
erbs palsy	brachial plexus neuropathies
ethnic minorities	ethnic groups
exomphalos	hernia umbilical

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Common Term	MeSH Term
faecal incontinence	fecal incontinence
false memory syndrome	repression
familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	cardiomyopathy hypertrophic familial
familial spastic paraplegia	spastic paraplegia hereditary
female genital diseases	genital diseases female
food allergy	food hypersensitivity
food legislation	legislation food
fostering	foster home care

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Common Term	MeSH Term
gay	homosexuality male
gay	homosexuality, female
gay	homosexuality
general practice	family practice
general practitioners	physicians family
genetic research	genetics
genitourinary diseases	urogenital diseases
genitourinary medicine	venereology
German measles	rubella
gerontology	geriatrics
governmental commissions	advisory committees
GPs	physicians family
guidelines, practice	practice guidelines
gulf war syndrome	persian gulf syndrome
gynaecologic cancer	genital neoplasms female
gynaecologic diseases	genital diseases female
gynaecologic oncology	genital neoplasms female
gynaecological cancer	genital neoplasms female
gynaecology	gynecology

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Common Term	MeSH Term
haematologic diseases	hematologic diseases
haematology	hematology
head and neck cancer	head and neck neoplasms
head cancer	head and neck neoplasms
head injuries	craniocerebral trauma
head lice	pediculus
health and safety	safety
health care seeking behaviour	patient acceptance of health care
health report	health care surveys
health visitors	community health nursing
hearing impairment	deafness
hearing loss	deafness
heart attack	myocardial infarction
heart surgical procedures	cardiac surgical procedures
helplines	hotlines
hereditary cancer syndromes	neoplastic syndromes hereditary
hereditary diseases	genetic diseases inborn
heredity	genetics
herpesvirus infections	herpesviridae infections
high blood pressure	hypertension
homoeopathy	homeopathy
hrt	hormone replacement therapy
hughes syndrome	antiphospholipid syndrome
human cloning	cloning organism
human immunodeficiency virus	HIV
human resources	health manpower
Huntington's chorea	Huntington disease
Huntington's disease	Huntington disease
hyperlipidaemia	hyperlipidemia
hypersensitivity, food	food hypersensitivity
hyperthermia	fever

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Common Term	MeSH Term
immunisation	immunization
inborn genetic diseases	genetic diseases inborn
incontinence	urinary incontinence
incontinence, faecal	fecal incontinence
industry, drug	drug industry
industry, pharmaceutical	drug industry
industry, tobacco	tobacco industry
infectious diseases	communicable diseases
infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome	fatigue syndrome chronic
information retrieval	information storage and retrieval
information services, drug	drug information services
intoxication, alcoholic	alcoholic intoxication
intravenous injections	injections intravenous
investigational drugs	drugs investigational

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Common Term	MeSH Term
journals	periodicals

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Common Term	MeSH Term
lateral sclerosis	motor neuron disease
law	jurisprudence
learning disabilities	learning disorders
learning disability	learning disorders
lesbian	homosexuality female
lesbian	homosexuality, female
leukaemia	leukemia
level of health	health status
liability insurance	insurance liability
librarianship	library science
library catalogues	catalogs library
Lou Gehrig's disease	motor neuron disease
lung cancer	lung neoplasms

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Common Term	MeSH Term
M.E.	fatigue syndrome chronic
mad cow disease	creutzfeldt jakob syndrome
magazines	periodicals
management	patient care management
manic depression	bipolar disorder
manic depressive disorder	bipolar disorder
Marfan's syndrome	Marfan syndrome
maternity hospitals	hospitals maternity
measles, German	rubella
medical ethics	ethics medical
medical genetics	genetics medical
medical journalism	journalism medical
medical legislation	legislation medical
medical schools	schools medical
medicine, emergency	emergency medicine
medicine, evidence-based	evidence-based medicine
medicine, history	history of medicine
medicine, internal	internal medicine
medicine, preventive	preventive medicine
medicine, reproductive	reproductive medicine
medicines approval	drug approval
medicines information	drug information services
mental hospitals	hospitals psychiatric
meta-analysis	meta analysis
minority ethnic	ethnic groups
MMR	measles mumps rubella vaccine
MMR	measles-mumps-rubella vaccine
MMR vaccine	measles-mumps-rubella vaccine
motor neuron disease	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
motor neurone disease	motor neuron disease
mouth cancer	mouth neoplasms
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
MS	multiple sclerosis
muscular dystrophy	muscular dystrophies
myalgic encephalomyelitis	fatigue syndrome chronic

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Common Term	MeSH Term
narcotic control	drug and narcotic control
neck cancer	head and neck neoplasms
neoplasms, breast	breast neoplasms
neoplasms, endocrine gland	endocrine gland neoplasms
neoplasms, head	head and neck neoplasms
neoplasms, head and neck	head and neck neoplasms
neoplasms, lung	lung neoplasms
neoplasms, mouth	mouth neoplasms
neoplasms, neck	head and neck neoplasms
neoplasms, oesophageal	esophageal neoplasms
neoplasms, oral	mouth neoplasms
neoplasms, prostate	prostatic neoplasms
neoplasms, pulmonary	lung neoplasms
neurological disorders	neurologic manifestations
nursing legislation	legislation nursing
nursing research, clinical	clinical nursing research
nursing, community health	community health nursing
nursing, emergency	emergency nursing
nursing, geriatric	geriatric nursing
nursing, history	history of nursing
nursing, oncologic	oncologic nursing
nursing, psychiatric	psychiatric nursing
nursing, public health	public health nursing

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Common Term	MeSH Term
occupations, health	health occupations
oesophageal cancer	esophageal neoplasms
oesophageal neoplasms	esophageal neoplasms
oesophagus	esophagus
older persons	aged
omphalocele	hernia umbilical
oncology	medical oncology
online catalogues	online systems
oral cancer	mouth neoplasms
oral diseases	mouth diseases
orthopaedic manipulation	manipulation orthopedic
orthopaedics	orthopedics
otorhinolaryngology	otolaryngology
outpatient care	ambulatory care
outpatient health services	ambulatory care

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Common Term	MeSH Term
paediatric health services	child health services
paediatric hospitals	hospitals pediatric
paediatrics	pediatrics
PAMS	allied health occupations
Parkinson's disease	parkinson disease
patient recruitment	patient selection
patient-centred care	patient centered care
performance appraisal, employee	employee performance appraisal
perthes disease	legg perthes disease
pharmaceutic policy	drug and narcotic control
pharmaceutical industry	drug industry
pharmacy services, community	community pharmacy services
physiotherapy	physical therapy
physiotherapy techniques	physical therapy techniques
postmortem	autopsy
post-mortem	autopsy
post-traumatic stress disorder	stress disorders post-traumatic
postviral fatigue syndrome	fatigue syndrome chronic
pregnancy, ectopic	pregnancy ectopic
pre-registration house officer year	internship and residency
prevention	primary prevention
prevention, accident	accident prevention
primary care	primary health care
primary ciliary dyskinesia	kartagener syndrome
professions allied to medicine	allied health occupations
promotion of health	health promotion
prostate cancer	prostatic neoplasms
psychiatric hospitals	hospitals psychiatric
psychiatry, forensic	forensic psychiatry
psychiatry, geriatric	geriatric psychiatry
public catalogue	catalogs
publishers catalogues	catalogs publishers
pulmonary cancer pulmonary cancer	lung neoplasms
pulmonary diseases	lung diseases
pulmonary neoplasms	lung neoplasms

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Common Term	MeSH Term
recreational drugs	street drugs
renal diseases	kidney diseases
repetitive strain injury	cumulative trauma disorders
reproductive health	reproductive medicine
research, clinical nursing	clinical nursing research
research, genetic	genetics
rheumatism	rheumatic diseases
rheumatoid arthritis	arthritis rheumatoid

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Common Term	MeSH Term
screening	mass screening
search engine	internet
second malignancy	neoplasms second primary
self-harm	self-injurious behaviour
self-help groups	self help groups
senile dementia	alzheimer disease
sexually-transmitted diseases	sexually transmitted diseases
SIDS	sudden infant death
spina bifida	spinal dysraphism
spinal injections	injections spinal
spinal manipulation	manipulation spinal
STD	sexually transmitted diseases
STD infections	sexually transmitted diseases
stillbirth	pregnancy outcome
stroke	cerebrovascular accident

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Common Term	MeSH Term
technology, food	food technology
teenagers	adolescence
throat	pharynx
toxic substances	poisons
toxicity	drug toxicity
toxicity, drug	drug toxicity
trade unions	labor unions
traffic accidents	accidents traffic
transcultural studies	cross cultural comparison
transplantation, heart	heart transplantation
transplantation, heart-lung	heart-lung transplantation
treacher collins syndrome	mandibulofacial dysostosis
tumours	neoplasms
turner syndrome	noonan syndrome

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Common Term	MeSH Term
union catalogues	catalogs union
university hospitals	hospitals university
urinary tract diseases	urologic and male genital diseases

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Common Term	MeSH Term
vascular accident brain	cerebrovascular accident
venereal diseases	sexually transmitted diseases

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Common Term	MeSH Term
wisdom teeth	molar third