Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Soccer

A game in which a round inflated ball is advanced by kicking or propelling with any part of the body except the hands or arms. The object of the game is to place the ball in opposite goals.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A game in which a round inflated ball is advanced by kicking or propelling with any part of the body except the hands or arms. The object of the game is to place the ball in opposite goals.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • European Football
  • Football European
  • European, Football
  • Europeans, Football
  • Football, European

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, injuries, legislation & jurisprudence, physiology, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

/inj: coord IM with specific inj (IM); /physiol permitted; Manual 30.15.1; includes non-North American "football"; does not include rugby (RUGBY see FOOTBALL)

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History Note

90(76); was see under SPORTS 1976-89

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Previous Indexing

  • Sports (1966-1975)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. I03.450.642w.845w.800w

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NLM Classification

QT 260.5.S7

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Soccer. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012916. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012916
  2. Soccer. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football
  3. Soccer. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2736