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Ships

Large vessels propelled by power or sail used for transportation on rivers, seas, oceans, or other navigable waters. Boats are smaller vessels propelled by oars, paddles, sail, or power; they may or may not have a deck.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Large vessels propelled by power or sail used for transportation on rivers, seas, oceans, or other navigable waters. Boats are smaller vessels propelled by oars, paddles, sail, or power; they may or may not have a deck.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Ship
  • Boats
  • Hospital Ships
  • Boat
  • Hospital Ship
  • Ship, Hospital
  • Ships, Hospital

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

use as a coordinate for non-medical aspects of sailors; for physiology, psychology, and diseases of sailors use NAVAL MEDICINE but see note there

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  1. J01.937w.817w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ships. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012767. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012767
  2. Ships. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship
  3. Ships. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11446