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MeSH Heading: Grooming
Tree Number(s): F01.145.113.111.453
Unique ID: D006120
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006120
Annotation: animal only; for personal grooming of humans use HYGIENE
Scope Note: An animal's cleaning and caring for the body surface. This includes preening, the cleaning and oiling of feathers with the bill or of hair with the tongue.
Entry Term(s): Preening
Previous Indexing: Behavior, Animal (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68; PREENING was see under GROOMING 1975-90
Online Note: use GROOMING to search PREENING 1975-90
History Note: 68; PREENING was see under GROOMING 1975-90
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/03

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