Chemicals and Drugs

Poisons

Substances which, when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed, or when applied to, injected into, or developed within the body in relatively small amounts may, by their chemical action, cause damage to structure or disturbance of function. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Substances which, when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed, or when applied to, injected into, or developed within the body in relatively small amounts may, by their chemical action, cause damage to structure or disturbance of function. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Narrower headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Poison

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

22 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

IM

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. D27.720.777w
  2. D27.888w.569.612w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Poisons. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011042. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011042
  2. Poisons. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison
  3. Poisons. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40867