Structured Summary
Abstract
A circumscribed stable malformation of the skin and occasionally of the oral mucosa, which is not due to external causes and therefore presumed to be of hereditary origin.
MeSH Record
Classification
Broader headings
Related Concepts
Knowledge Graph
Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.
MeSH Record
Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Mole, Skin
- Moles, Skin
- Nevi
- Skin Mole
- Skin Moles
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
38 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
MeSH Record
Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with SKIN NEOPLASMS (IM) + site (IM or NIM) if relevant; general; note many specific nevus terms
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
MeSH Record
NLM Classification
WR 500
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Nevus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009506. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009506
- Nevus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevus
- Nevus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q692077