OpenHealthcare

MeSH

Medical Subject Headings

NLM's controlled vocabulary for biomedical literature. ~30,000 descriptors. Powers PubMed search.

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PubMed literature search and indexing

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Biomedical research classification

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Systematic review search strategies

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Health sciences library cataloging

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License
Open
Public domain (US Government work)US-PD

English MeSH is a US Government work; translations are UMLS SRL 3.

Verified against the licence text on 2026-08-07.

Category
Healthcare

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