Disciplines and Occupations

Medical Laboratory Science

The specialty related to the performance of techniques in clinical pathology such as those in hematology, microbiology, and other general clinical laboratory applications.

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Abstract

The specialty related to the performance of techniques in clinical pathology such as those in hematology, microbiology, and other general clinical laboratory applications.

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Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Clinical Laboratory Science
  • Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Technology, Medical Laboratory
  • Clinical Laboratory Sciences
  • Laboratory Science, Clinical
  • Laboratory Science, Medical
  • Laboratory Sciences, Clinical
  • Laboratory Sciences, Medical
  • Laboratory Technologies, Medical
  • Laboratory Technology, Medical
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences
  • Medical Laboratory Technologies
  • Science, Clinical Laboratory
  • Science, Medical Laboratory
  • Sciences, Clinical Laboratory
  • Sciences, Medical Laboratory
  • Technologies, Medical Laboratory

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2012 (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Laboratory Science. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013677. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013677
  2. Medical Laboratory Science. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_laboratory_science
  3. Medical Laboratory Science. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6567097