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MeSH Heading: Esophagitis
Tree Number(s): C06.405.117.620; C06.405.205.663
Unique ID: D004941
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004941
Annotation: ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC is also available
Scope Note: INFLAMMATION, acute or chronic, of the ESOPHAGUS caused by BACTERIA, chemicals, or TRAUMA.
NLM Classification #: WI 255
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2003/07/09

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)

Esophagitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2026