MeSH

E353350

biomedical ontology controlled vocabulary subject heading system thesaurus

MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is a comprehensive controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing, cataloging, and searching biomedical and health-related information.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
MeSH canonical	5
Index Medicus	1
MeSH database	1
MeSH descriptors	1
MeSH publication types	1
Subject Heading Authority List of the National Library of Medicine	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3389575 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MeSH
Context triple: [MEDLINE, usesControlledVocabulary, MeSH]

A. SNOMED CT
SNOMED CT is a comprehensive, multilingual clinical healthcare terminology used worldwide to standardize the recording and sharing of medical information in electronic health records.
B. MEDLINE
MEDLINE is a premier bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
C. SNOMED CT Browser
SNOMED CT Browser is an online tool that allows users to search, explore, and navigate the SNOMED CT clinical terminology system.
D. SNOMED International
SNOMED International is a global not-for-profit organization responsible for developing and promoting the SNOMED CT clinical terminology standard used in healthcare systems worldwide.
E. National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a U.S. government bioinformatics institution that develops and hosts major biological databases and tools for biomedical research.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MeSH
Target entity description: MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is a comprehensive controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing, cataloging, and searching biomedical and health-related information.

A. SNOMED CT
SNOMED CT is a comprehensive, multilingual clinical healthcare terminology used worldwide to standardize the recording and sharing of medical information in electronic health records.
B. MEDLINE
MEDLINE is a premier bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
C. SNOMED CT Browser
SNOMED CT Browser is an online tool that allows users to search, explore, and navigate the SNOMED CT clinical terminology system.
D. SNOMED International
SNOMED International is a global not-for-profit organization responsible for developing and promoting the SNOMED CT clinical terminology standard used in healthcare systems worldwide.
E. National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a U.S. government bioinformatics institution that develops and hosts major biological databases and tools for biomedical research.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biomedical ontology ⓘ controlled vocabulary ⓘ subject heading system ⓘ thesaurus ⓘ
abbreviation	MeSH self-link ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedBy	National Library of Medicine indexers and subject experts ⓘ
domain	biomedical terminology ⓘ health-related information ⓘ
field	biomedicine ⓘ health sciences ⓘ life sciences ⓘ
fullName	Medical Subject Headings ⓘ
goal	improve retrieval of biomedical information ⓘ standardize biomedical subject indexing ⓘ
hasComponent	MeSH Descriptors ⓘ MeSH qualifiers ⓘ surface form: MeSH Entry Terms MeSH Publication Types ⓘ MeSH qualifiers ⓘ surface form: MeSH Qualifiers MeSH Supplementary Concept Records ⓘ MeSH Tree Structures ⓘ
hasLanguageVersion	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ other languages ⓘ
hasOnlineAccess	MeSH Browser ⓘ
hasStructure	hierarchical ⓘ tree-structured ⓘ
isUpdated	annually ⓘ
license	freely available for download ⓘ
maintainedBy	United States National Library of Medicine ⓘ surface form: NLM United States National Library of Medicine ⓘ
partOf	MEDLINE ⓘ PubMed ⓘ
publisher	United States National Library of Medicine ⓘ
supports	information retrieval ⓘ subject searching in MEDLINE ⓘ subject searching in PubMed ⓘ
usedBy	clinicians ⓘ database providers ⓘ indexers ⓘ librarians ⓘ researchers ⓘ
usedFor	cataloging biomedical information ⓘ indexing biomedical literature ⓘ searching biomedical databases ⓘ
usedIn	MEDLINE ⓘ surface form: MEDLINE database NLM bibliographic services ⓘ surface form: NLM Catalog PubMed ⓘ surface form: PubMed database

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MEDLINE → usesControlledVocabulary → MeSH ⓘ

NLM bibliographic services → hasComponent → MeSH ⓘ

this entity surface form: MeSH database

NLM bibliographic services → supportsStandard → MeSH ⓘ

MeSH → abbreviation → MeSH self-link ⓘ

Medical Subject Headings → abbreviation → MeSH ⓘ

Medical Subject Headings → hasComponent → MeSH ⓘ

this entity surface form: MeSH publication types

Medical Subject Headings → predecessor → MeSH ⓘ

this entity surface form: Subject Heading Authority List of the National Library of Medicine

MeSH qualifiers → partOf → MeSH ⓘ

MeSH qualifiers → usedIn → MeSH ⓘ

this entity surface form: Index Medicus

MeSH qualifiers → appliesTo → MeSH ⓘ

this entity surface form: MeSH descriptors

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (50)

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Referenced by (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

How these facts were elicited