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Language Tests MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Language Tests
Tree Number(s)
F04.711.513.240
Unique ID
D007807
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007807
Scope Note
Tests designed to assess language behavior and abilities. They include tests of vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and functional use of language, e.g., Development Sentence Scoring, Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Scale, Parsons Language Sample, Utah Test of Language Development, Michigan Language Inventory and Verbal Language Development Scale, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Ammons Full-Range Picture Vocabulary Test, and Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension.
Entry Term(s)
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination
Boston Naming Test
Comprehensive Aphasia Test
Language Comprehension Tests
Multilingual Aphasia Examination
Vocabulary Tests
Previous Indexing
Language (1966-1978)
Language Development (1968-1978)
Public MeSH Note
79
History Note
79
Date Established
1979/01/01
Date of Entry
1978/05/22
Revision Date
2017/02/24
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