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Artificial Organs MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Artificial Organs
Tree Number(s)
E07.858.082
Unique ID
D001187
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001187
Annotation
usually to replace function, as HEART, ARTIFICIAL or KIDNEY, ARTIFICIAL: do not confuse with PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS which is usually cosmetic; not for injections, like silicones, to replace substance; coord IM with specific organ (IM) with no qualif but note available precoords
Scope Note
Devices intended to replace non-functioning organs. They may be temporary or permanent. Since they are intended always to function as the natural organs they are replacing, they should be differentiated from PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS and specific types of prostheses which, though also replacements for body parts, are frequently cosmetic (EYE, ARTIFICIAL) as well as functional (ARTIFICIAL LIMBS).
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1997/06/20
Artificial Organs Preferred
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