Chemicals and Drugs

Sewage

Refuse liquid or waste matter carried off by sewers.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Refuse liquid or waste matter carried off by sewers.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Sludge
  • Sludge Flocs

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, analysis, chemistry, legislation & jurisprudence, microbiology, parasitology, statistics & numerical data, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

entry term SLUDGE: usually mudlike ooze in sewage but non-sewage sludge is indexed under other specific waste term

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Tree Number

  1. D20.944.932w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sewage. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012722. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012722
  2. Sewage. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage
  3. Sewage. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10966166