Table 1 Categories of MeSH: MeSH.db provides 16 categories of MeSH terms in 2013
From: MeSH ORA framework: R/Bioconductor packages to support MeSH over-representation analysis
Abbreviations | Categories | No. of terms | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
A | Anatomy | 2882 | Muscles, Skeleton |
B | Organisms | 5169 | Gram-negative Bacteria |
C | Diseases | 111257 | Leukemia, Burns |
D | Chemicals and Drugs | 20633 | Fatty Acids, Ligases |
E | Analytical Diagnostic and Therapeutic | 4720 | Dental Care |
Techniques and Equipment | |||
F | Psychiatry and Psychology | 1127 | Behavior, Motivation |
G | Phenomena and Processes | 3352 | Antibody Formation |
H | Disciplines and Occupations | 495 | Biology, Clinical Medicine |
I | Anthropology, Education, Sociology and | 622 | Economics, Culture |
Social Phenomena | |||
J | Technology and Food and Beverages | 597 | Bread, Coffee, Tea |
K | Humanities | 216 | Music, Religion |
L | Information Science | 505 | Communications Media |
M | Persons | 245 | Adult Children, Drug Users |
N | Health Care | 2297 | Oral Health, Women’s Health |
V | Publication Type | 180 | Book Illustrations, Letter |
Z | Geographical Locations | 546 | Japan, China, Taiwan |