| Acronym | MESH |
| Description | MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus. It consists of sets of terms naming descriptors in a hierarchical structure that permits searching at various levels of specificity. |
| External Link | http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/MESH |
| Citation | Coletti, MH et al. (2001) Medical subject headings used to search the biomedical literature. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 8:317-23. |