Terms & Properties

Concept Unique Identifier (CUI): C0008000

NCI Thesaurus Code: C16417  (see NCI Thesaurus info)

Semantic Type: Biomedical Occupation or Discipline

NCIt Definition: The department responsible for performing chemical and enzymatic analyses of body fluids and tissues. (from Handbook of Medical Informatics)

CSP Definition: application of chemical tests to health care, as in analysis of body fluid components.

MSH Definition: The specialty of ANALYTIC CHEMISTRY applied to assays of physiologically important substances found in blood, urine, tissues, and other biological fluids for the purpose of aiding the physician in making a diagnosis or following therapy.

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

CHEM CLIN

Chemistry, Clinical

CLIN CHEM

clinical chemistry

External Source Codes: 

NCI Thesaurus Code

C16417 (see NCI Thesaurus info)

Other Properties:

Name	Value	Source
AN	specialty; do not use as a coordinate	MSH
AQL	CL EC ED ES HI IS LJ MT OG SN ST TD	MSH
DC	1	MSH
DID	0633-5423	CSP
DX	19670101	MSH
FX	D019963	MSH
HN	67(66)	MSH
MDA	19990101	MSH
MMR	20090706	MSH
MN	H01.181.341	MSH
PM	67	MSH
TERMUI	T007629	MSH
TERMUI	T007630	MSH
TH	NLM (1966)	MSH
TH	NLM (1998)	MSH

Additional Concept Data:  (none)

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