Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Spouse Abuse

Deliberate severe and repeated injury to one domestic partner by the other.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Deliberate severe and repeated injury to one domestic partner by the other.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Spousal Abuse
  • Abuse, Spousal
  • Abuse, Spouse
  • Partner Abuse
  • Wife Abuse
  • Abuse, Partner
  • Abuse, Wife

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Aspects Covered

14 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, diagnosis, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, statistics & numerical data, therapy, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

wife or husband abused or abuser

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History Note

77

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Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.198w.240w.856w.350w.750
  2. I01w.198w.240w.856w.575w.500
  3. I01w.880w.735w.900w.350w.750
  4. I01w.880w.735w.900w.688w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spouse Abuse. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013179. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013179
  2. Spouse Abuse. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67086419