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MeSH Heading: Pica
Tree Number(s): C23.888.821.825; F03.400.875
Unique ID: D010842
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010842
Scope Note: The persistent eating of non-nutritive substances for a period of at least one month.
Entry Term(s): Allotriophagy; Geophagia; Pagophagia; Trichophagia
NLM Classification #: WM 175
Previous Indexing: Appetite Disorders (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 1972
History Note: 1972(1968)
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2023/12/13

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

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)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Pica MeSH Descriptor Data 2025