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MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) - YAML

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a controlled vocabulary thesaurus for biomedical and health-related information, created and maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). It is widely used for indexing, cataloging, and searching literature in databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed. MeSH has a hierarchical tree structure consisting of 16 main categories (A-N, V, Z), with each category organized in up to 13 hierarchical levels. The 2025 edition contains approximately 30,956 main headings and 323,939 Supplementary Concept Records (SCRs). It covers all aspects of the medical field including anatomy, diseases, drugs, medical technology, and psychology, serving as the standard foundation for medical literature search worldwide.

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- code: "A"
  slug: "anatomy"
  name: "Anatomy"
  description: "Category containing terms related to body structures and regions."
- code: "B"
  slug: "organisms"
  name: "Organisms"
  description: "Category containing terms related to biological organisms."
- code: "C"
  slug: "diseases"
  name: "Diseases"
  description: "Category containing terms related to illnesses, disorders, and symptoms."
- code: "D"
  slug: "chemicals-and-drugs"
  name: "Chemicals and Drugs"
  description: "Category containing terms related to chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biological agents."
- code: "E"
  slug: "analytical-diagnostic-therapeutic-techniques"
  name: "Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment"
  description: "Category containing terms related to medical procedures, tests, treatments, and equipment."
- code: "F"
  slug: "psychiatry-and-psychology"
  name: "Psychiatry and Psychology"
  description: "Category containing terms related to mental health, behavioral sciences, and psychological methods."
- code: "G"
  slug: "phenomena-and-processes"
  name: "Phenomena and Processes"
  description: "Category containing terms related to biological and physical phenomena and life processes."
- code: "H"
  slug: "disciplines-and-occupations"
  name: "Disciplines and Occupations"
  description: "Category containing terms related to health professions and academic disciplines."
- code: "I"
  slug: "anthropology-education-sociology"
  name: "Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena"
  description: "Category containing terms related to health and medicine from social science perspectives."
- code: "J"
  slug: "technology-industry-agriculture"
  name: "Technology, Industry, Agriculture"
  description: "Category containing terms related to health-related technology and industries."
- code: "K"
  slug: "humanities"
  name: "Humanities"
  description: "Category containing terms related to humanistic aspects of medicine."
- code: "L"
  slug: "information-science"
  name: "Information Science"
  description: "Category containing terms related to health information and information management."
- code: "M"
  slug: "named-groups"
  name: "Named Groups"
  description: "Category containing terms related to specific population groups and populations."
- code: "N"
  slug: "health-care"
  name: "Health Care"
  description: "Category containing terms related to healthcare systems, services, and public health."
- code: "V"
  slug: "publication-characteristics"
  name: "Publication Characteristics"
  description: "Category containing terms related to types and forms of literature."
- code: "Z"
  slug: "geographicals"
  name: "Geographicals"
  description: "Category containing terms related to geographic places and regions."