"Protons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Stable elementary particles having the smallest known positive charge, found in the nuclei of all elements. The proton mass is less than that of a neutron. A proton is the nucleus of the light hydrogen atom, i.e., the hydrogen ion.
| Descriptor ID |
D011522
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.248.497.300.459.700 D01.268.406.750 D01.362.340.750 G01.249.660.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Protons- Protons
- Proton
- Hydrogen Ions
- Hydrogen Ion
- Ion, Hydrogen
- Ions, Hydrogen
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