Diseases

Abdominal Pain

Sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the abdominal region.

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Abstract

Sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the abdominal region.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Abdominal Pains
  • Pain, Abdominal
  • Pains, Abdominal
  • Colicky Pain
  • Colicky Pains
  • Pain, Colicky
  • Pains, Colicky

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

ABDOMEN, ACUTE is also available

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History Note

1990; for COLICKY PAIN use COLIC 2004-2015

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Previous Indexing

  • Abdomen (1966-1989)
  • Pain (1966-1989)

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WI 147

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Abdominal Pain. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015746. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015746
  2. Abdominal Pain. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_pain
  3. Abdominal Pain. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183425