"Opossums" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
New World marsupials of the family Didelphidae. Opossums are omnivorous, largely nocturnal and arboreal MAMMALS, grow to about three feet in length, including the scaly prehensile tail, and have an abdominal pouch in which the young are carried at birth.
| Descriptor ID |
D009893
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.573.575
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Opossums".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Opossums".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Opossums" by people in this website by year, and whether "Opossums" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Opossums" by people in Profiles.
-
Immunoexpression of androgen receptor in the nontumorous pituitary and in adenomas. Endocr Pathol. 2008; 19(1):27-33.