MeSH tree number

ID mesh_tree_number

DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft

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Position of a descriptor in the MeSH hierarchy: a letter and two digits for the top category, then groups of three digits separated by dots, such as C04.557. One descriptor can have several tree numbers.

Categories: Medical/pharma identifiers, Scientific
Countries: Global (not tied to a country)
Languages: Common to most languages
Wikidata: P672
Quality: 80/100 · missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules: no detection rule yet
Supported by tools: no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^[A-Z]\d{2}(?:\.\d{3})*$

Python re syntax.

Examples

Value	Description
A07.231.114.056	aorta
C10.228.662.262.249.750	Huntington's disease
A07	circulatory system

Sources

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Subject_Headings
wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P672

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