Mastication
"Mastication" 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.
The act and process of chewing and grinding food in the mouth.
| Descriptor ID |
D008409
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.610.593.260.500 G07.700.620.260.500 G10.261.326.240.500
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mastication" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Mastication" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mastication" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Vilanilam GK, Pokhylevych H, Kamran M, Patro SN, Vattoth S. Ischemia of the parotid gland and adjacent muscles of mastication following middle meningeal artery embolization. Neuroradiol J. 2023 Oct; 36(5):625-629.
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Mahmoud F, Abdallah AO, Arnaoutakis K, Makhoul I. Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Painful Chewing Successfully Treated with Combined Nivolumab and Sunitinib. Perm J. 2016; 20(3):15-149.