Paraffin Embedding MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Paraffin Embedding
Tree Number(s): E01.370.225.500.620.760.440.610; E01.370.225.750.600.760.440.610; E05.200.500.620.760.440.610; E05.200.750.600.760.440.610
Unique ID: D016612
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016612
Scope Note: The infiltrating of tissue specimens with paraffin, as a supporting substance, to prepare for sectioning with a microtome.
Previous Indexing: Paraffin (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/25
Revision Date: 2018/06/14

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
    - Cytological Techniques [E01.370.225.500]
      - Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E01.370.225.500.620]
        
        Tissue Preservation [E01.370.225.500.620.760]
        
        Tissue Embedding [E01.370.225.500.620.760.440]
        
        Paraffin Embedding [E01.370.225.500.620.760.440.610]
        
        Plastic Embedding [E01.370.225.500.620.760.440.640]

Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
    - Histological Techniques [E01.370.225.750]
      - Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E01.370.225.750.600]
        
        Tissue Preservation [E01.370.225.750.600.760]
        
        Tissue Embedding [E01.370.225.750.600.760.440]
        
        Paraffin Embedding [E01.370.225.750.600.760.440.610]
        
        Plastic Embedding [E01.370.225.750.600.760.440.640]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
  - Cytological Techniques [E05.200.500]
    - Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E05.200.500.620]
      - Tissue Preservation [E05.200.500.620.760]
        
        Tissue Embedding [E05.200.500.620.760.440]
        
        Paraffin Embedding [E05.200.500.620.760.440.610]
        
        Plastic Embedding [E05.200.500.620.760.440.640]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
  - Histological Techniques [E05.200.750]
    - Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E05.200.750.600]
      - Tissue Preservation [E05.200.750.600.760]
        
        Tissue Embedding [E05.200.750.600.760.440]
        
        Paraffin Embedding [E05.200.750.600.760.440.610]
        
        Plastic Embedding [E05.200.750.600.760.440.640]

Paraffin Embedding Preferred

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