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MeSH Heading: Periodicity
Tree Number(s): G01.910.645; G07.180.562
Unique ID: D010507
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010507
Annotation: coordinate with specific disease for periodically occurring disease; do not confuse with PERIODIC DISEASE see FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER
Scope Note: The tendency of a phenomenon to recur at regular intervals; in biological systems, the recurrence of certain activities (including hormonal, cellular, neural) may be annual, seasonal, monthly, daily, or more frequently (ultradian).
Entry Term(s): Biological Rhythms; Bioperiodicity; Biorhythms; Cyclicity; Rhythmicity
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16

Concept UI: M0016325
Scope Note: The tendency of a phenomenon to recur at regular intervals; in biological systems, the recurrence of certain activities (including hormonal, cellular, neural) may be annual, seasonal, monthly, daily, or more frequently (ultradian).
Terms: Periodicity Preferred Term
Term UI T031040
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Biorhythms
Term UI T000873686
Date01/15/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Bioperiodicity
Term UI T000873687
Date01/15/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Biological Rhythms
Term UI T000873688
Date01/15/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Cyclicity
Term UI T031041
Date06/19/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Rhythmicity
Term UI T031042
Date06/19/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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