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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Meridians
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Meridianos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Meridianos
Synonyms
English
:
Luo, Jing
Jing Luo
Jingluo
Ching Lo
Tree Number:
E02.190.044.555
I01.076.201.450.654.558.520.300.500
Definition
English
:
Classical loci in
ACUPUNCTURE
. They are main and collateral channels, regarded as a network of passages, through which vital
energy
(Qi) circulates and along which acupoints (
ACUPUNCTURE POINTS
) are distributed. The
meridians
are a series of 14 lines upon which more than 400 acupoints are located on the body. (The Pinyin Chinese-English
Dictionary
, p. 359; Dr. Wu Lancheng, Academy of Traditional Chinese
Medicine
,
Beijing
)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
not for
meridians
in
ophthalmology
: index under
OPTICS AND PHOTONICS
(IM) + EYE;
CORNEA
; VISUAL FIELD or other applicable ophthalmologic term (IM)
History Note
English
:
92
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
Record Number:
29985
Unique Identifier:
D016740
Occurrence in VHL
:
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