Used with organs for congenital defects producing changes in the morphology of the organ. It is used also for abnormalities in animals.

Annotation

subhead only; congenital & structural only: does not include abnormal function ( = /physiopathology or disease heading); includes "deformity", "malformation", "anomalous", includes agenesis, aplasia, atresia, ectopy, hypoplasia, etc.; includes more or less than the normal number of organs (as one ureter, six fingers); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.1; DF: /abnorm or /AB

pouze podheslo; pouze vrozené a strukturální; pro abnormální fungování použij /patofyziologie nebo deskriptor nemoci; vztahuje se pro deformity, malformace, anomálie, agenezi, atrezie, ektopie, hypoplazie atd. , více nebo méně než je obvyklý počet orgánů (např. jeden močovod, šest prstů)

Abbreviation

AB

DUI

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CUI

M0030203

History note

66; used with Category A 1966-74; A1-9 & A13-15 1975-88; A1-9, A13-15 & B2 1989; A1-10, A13-14, A16 & B2 1990 forward

Online note

search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/AB or AB (SH) or SUBS APPLY AB