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Nuclear Weapons

A weapon that derives its destructive force from nuclear fission and/or fusion.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A weapon that derives its destructive force from nuclear fission and/or fusion.

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Synonyms

21 entry terms
  • Nuclear Weapon
  • Weapon, Nuclear
  • Weapons, Nuclear
  • Atomic Bombs
  • Bombs, Atomic
  • Bombs, Hydrogen
  • Dirty Bombs
  • Hydrogen Bombs
  • Nuclear Weapons Testing
  • Atomic Bomb
  • Bomb, Atomic
  • Bomb, Dirty
  • Bomb, Hydrogen
  • Bombs, Dirty
  • Dirty Bomb
  • Hydrogen Bomb
  • Nuclear Weapons Testings
  • Testing, Nuclear Weapons
  • Testings, Nuclear Weapons
  • Weapons Testing, Nuclear
  • Weapons Testings, Nuclear

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

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

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History Note

2008; for NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING use NUCLEAR WARFARE 1998-2007

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Previous Indexing

  • Nuclear Warfare (2004-2007)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nuclear Weapons. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054043. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054043
  2. Nuclear Weapons. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon
  3. Nuclear Weapons. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12802