MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Colitis
Tree Number(s): C06.405.205.265; C06.405.469.158.188
Unique ID: D003092
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003092
Annotation: general; note specifics; ENTEROCOLITIS is also available
Scope Note: Inflammation of the COLON section of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE), usually with symptoms such as DIARRHEA (often with blood and mucus), ABDOMINAL PAIN, and FEVER.
NLM Classification #: WI 522
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Colitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024