Psychiatry and Psychology

Spouses

Married persons, i.e., husbands and wives, or partners. Domestic partners, or spousal equivalents, are two adults who have chosen to share their lives in an intimate and committed relationship, reside together, and share a mutual obligation of support for the basic necessities of life.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Married persons, i.e., husbands and wives, or partners. Domestic partners, or spousal equivalents, are two adults who have chosen to share their lives in an intimate and committed relationship, reside together, and share a mutual obligation of support for the basic necessities of life.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Married Persons
  • Spouse
  • Married Person
  • Person, Married
  • Persons, Married
  • Domestic Partners
  • Husbands
  • Spousal Notification
  • Wife
  • Wives
  • Domestic Partner
  • Husband
  • Notification, Spousal
  • Partner, Domestic
  • Partners, Domestic

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7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

husbands, wives, or partners as persons: differentiate from MARRIAGE, the sociol or anthropol concept

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History Note

95

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Previous Indexing

  • Marriage (1966-1994)

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  1. F01.829w.263w.968w
  2. I01w.880w.853.150w.875w
  3. M01w.816w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spouses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018454. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018454
  2. Spouses. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spouse
  3. Spouses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1196129