Diseases

Disease

A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown.

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  • Diseases

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7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, psychology.

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Indexing Annotation

general only as a physiological, pathological, philosophical concept, opposite "health"; Manual 23.5+; / econ permitted but consider also economic aspects of disease as ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; / psychol permitted but consider also psychogenic origin of disease as PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS

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  1. C23.550.288w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004194. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004194
  2. Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease
  3. Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12136