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MeSH Heading: Iridescence
Tree Number(s): G01.590.310
Unique ID: D000068897
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000068897
Scope Note: The changing of the color of an object due to variations in the angle of illumination or observation.
Entry Term(s): Goniochromism; Iridescent Coloring; Opalescence; Pearlescence
Public MeSH Note: 2016; OPALESCENCE was indexed under PEROXIDES 1969-2015
History Note: 2016; for OPALESCENCE (NM) use CARBAMIDE PEROXIDE (NM) 1969-2015
Date Introduced: 2016/01/01
Last Updated: 2016/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Iridescence MeSH Descriptor Data 2026