Structured Summary
Abstract
The systematic arrangement of entities in any field into categories classes based on common characteristics such as properties, morphology, subject matter, etc.
MeSH Record
Classification
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Narrower headings
MeSH Qualifier
Used as a Subheading
Classification is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000145), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:
Used for taxonomic or other systematic or hierarchical classification systems.
- Qualifier ID
- Q000145
- Qualifier Tree
- Y19
Indexing annotation
subhead only; includes "taxonomy", "systematics", "hierarchies"; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.16; DF: /class or /CL
Subheading synonyms
- taxonomy
- hierarchies
- hierarchy
- systematics
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Synonyms
4 entry terms
- Systematics
- Classifications
- Taxonomy
- Taxonomies
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Aspects Covered
1 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings methods.
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Indexing Annotation
general only; prefer /class
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Numbers
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Classification. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002965. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002965
- Classification. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification
- Classification. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13582682