"Osteoarthritis, Spine" 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.
A degenerative joint disease involving the SPINE. It is characterized by progressive deterioration of the spinal articular cartilage (CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR), usually with hardening of the subchondral bone and outgrowth of bone spurs (OSTEOPHYTE).
| Descriptor ID |
D055013
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.900.853.625.399 C05.550.114.606.750 C05.550.114.865.399 C05.799.613.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteoarthritis, Spine- Osteoarthritis, Spine
- Spinal Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis, Spinal
- Spine Osteoarthritis
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