Structured Summary
Abstract
A specified list of terms with a fixed and unalterable meaning, and from which a selection is made when CATALOGING; ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; or searching BOOKS; JOURNALS AS TOPIC; and other documents. The control is intended to avoid the scattering of related subjects under different headings (SUBJECT HEADINGS). The list may be altered or extended only by the publisher or issuing agency. (From Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed, p163)
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Biological Ontologies
- Current Procedural Terminology
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
- International Classification of Diseases
- International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
- Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
- RxNorm
- Standardized Nursing Terminology
- Subject Headings
- Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
- Unified Medical Language System
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Synonyms
9 entry terms
- Vocabulary, Controlled
- Controlled Vocabularies
- Vocabularies, Controlled
- Controlled Thesauri
- Controlled Thesaurus
- Thesauri
- Thesaurus
- Thesauri, Controlled
- Thesaurus, Controlled
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Aspects Covered
1 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings history.
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History Note
96
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Previous Indexing
- Subject Headings (1989-1995)
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AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Controlled Vocabulary. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018875. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018875
- Controlled Vocabulary. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_vocabulary
- Controlled Vocabulary. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1469824