Health Care

Incineration

High temperature destruction of waste by burning with subsequent reduction to ashes or conversion to an inert mass.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

High temperature destruction of waste by burning with subsequent reduction to ashes or conversion to an inert mass.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Thermal Destruction
  • Destruction, Thermal
  • Destructions, Thermal
  • Incinerations
  • Thermal Destructions

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

restrict to waste disposal

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History Note

94

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Previous Indexing

  • Refuse Disposal (1966-1993)

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  1. N06.850w.860w.510w.900w.600.500w

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NLM Classification

WA 778

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Incineration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017745. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017745
  2. Incineration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incineration
  3. Incineration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622772