Automatic Term Mapping (continued)

The MeSH Translation Table contains:

• MeSH Headings
• Subheadings
• Publication Types
• Entry Term mappings (also known as synonyms) for MeSH terms
• Mappings derived from the Unified Medical Language System®  (UMLS®)
• Supplementary Concepts and synonyms to the Supplementary Concepts

1. If the term renal transplant is searched, PubMed will find a match for this in the MeSH Translation table.

2. Renal transplant is a synonym for the MeSH term, Kidney Transplantation.

3. PubMed will search using the MeSH term as well as the term originally entered. In addition, the "mapped to" MeSH term will also be searched in the title and abstract fields in citations that have not yet been assigned MeSH terms. [Show Me]

PubMed automatically searches the MeSH headings as well as the more specific terms underneath that heading (if there are any) in the MeSH hierarchy. This is referred to as exploding the term.