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Orphanages MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Orphanages
Tree Number(s)
J03.775.640
Unique ID
D019372
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019372
Scope Note
Institutions for the housing and care of orphans, foundlings, and abandoned children. They have existed as such since the medieval period but the heading is applicable to such usage also in modern parlance.
Public MeSH Note
97
History Note
97
Date Established
1997/01/01
Date of Entry
1996/06/10
Revision Date
2016/06/13
Orphanages Preferred
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