"Osteoarthritis" 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 progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
| Descriptor ID |
D010003
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.550.114.606 C05.799.613
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteoarthritis- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritides
- Osteoarthrosis
- Osteoarthroses
- Arthritis, Degenerative
- Arthritides, Degenerative
- Degenerative Arthritides
- Degenerative Arthritis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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