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MeSH Heading: Ostrea
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.644.080.643.600
Unique ID: D049895
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049895
Annotation: as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM); index oysters unspecified at OYSTERS see OSTREIDAE
Scope Note: A genus of oysters in the family OSTREIDAE, which includes the edible true oyster, Ostrea edulis.
Entry Term(s): Ostrea edulis; Oyster, True; Oysters, True
Registry Numbers: txid37858; txid37623
Related Numbers: txid37623
Previous Indexing: Oysters (1972-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Ostrea MeSH Descriptor Data 2025