Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

DB / Metadata Management Program (MMP): Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in Cataloging


Searching Examples

  • You get an item that is titled “Rhytidectomy” which is not a word that you immediately recognize

  • However, before looking it up in a medical dictionary, you try typing the term into the MeSH Browser and you are taken directly to the correct descriptor, Rhytidoplasty, and can also see the common terminology: Face Lift

MeSH Browser and you are taken directly to the correct descriptor, Rhytidoplasty



Last Reviewed: July 27, 2017