Concept information
Preferred term
Vocabulary, Controlled
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- 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
Entry terms
- Controlled Vocabularies
- Controlled Vocabulary
- Vocabularies, Controlled
Scope note
- 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)
History note
- 96
In other languages
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Finnish
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valvottu sanasto
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Swedish
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Kontrollerad tesaurus
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Tesaurus
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Vokabulär, kontrollerad
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018875
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