Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 31, 2024
Preferred Name

Life

Synonyms
Definitions

The state that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, manifested by growth, metabolism, reproduction, and adaptation. It includes the course of existence, the sum of experiences, the mode of existing, or the fact of being. Over the centuries inquiries into the nature of life have crossed the boundaries from philosophy to biology, forensic medicine, anthropology, etc., in creative as well as scientific literature. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D019369

cui

C0376558

DC

1

definition

The state that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, manifested by growth, metabolism, reproduction, and adaptation. It includes the course of existence, the sum of experiences, the mode of existing, or the fact of being. Over the centuries inquiries into the nature of life have crossed the boundaries from philosophy to biology, forensic medicine, anthropology, etc., in creative as well as scientific literature. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

DX

19970101

HN

97

Machine permutation

97

MDA

19960610

MMR

20020703

MN

K01.752.400

notation

D019369

prefLabel

Life

TERMUI

T057720

TH

NLM (1997)

tui

T078

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010684

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