Cosmic Dust

"Cosmic Dust" 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.

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Finely divided solid matter with particle sizes smaller than a micrometeorite, thus with diameters much smaller than a millimeter, moving in interplanetary space. (NASA Thesaurus, 1994)

Descriptor ID	D019443
MeSH Number(s)	D20.633.222.200 G01.060.249.159.200 G16.500.275.240.200
Concept/Terms	Cosmic Dust Cosmic Dust Cosmic Dusts Dust, Cosmic Dusts, Cosmic Interstellar Dust Dust, Interstellar Dusts, Interstellar Interstellar Dusts Interplanetary Dust Dust, Interplanetary Dusts, Interplanetary Interplanetary Dusts

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cosmic Dust".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Complex Mixtures [D20]
Particulate Matter [D20.633]
Dust [D20.633.222]
Cosmic Dust [D20.633.222.200]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physical Phenomena [G01]
Astronomical Phenomena [G01.060]
Astronomical Objects [G01.060.249]
Extraterrestrial Environment [G01.060.249.159]
Cosmic Dust [G01.060.249.159.200]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena [G16.500]
Environment [G16.500.275]
Extraterrestrial Environment [G16.500.275.240]
Cosmic Dust [G16.500.275.240.200]

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